How Many More Times Are We Going to Blame Black Capitalists For Everything?

It’s getting weird.

I’m a huge believer that capitalism is the stain of the Earth. America, in particular, has the biggest wealth inequality gap in the world. In fact, the top 20% of Americans own 86% of the country’s wealth.

And it affects Black folks the most.

So I’m completely empathetic to the Black anti-capitalists who want to eradicate this problem. Black millionaires and billionaires benefit from this system.

However, when we talk about Black capitalists, we’re painting too broad a brush.

Let me explain.

Not all Black capitalists are show-offs on social media.

I think the constant flexing of black rappers and influencers on social media has left a bad taste in the mouths of the Black community.

White people do it too, but since Black people are in close proximity to each other, it’s easy to make a mountain out of a molehill from what you see on social media.

I doubt every rich Black person on social media is tossing hundred-dollar bills into the ocean like Kodak Black (if you think they are, you probably should consider re-evaluating who you follow). The people I follow (Beyoncé, J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, etc.) don’t do that.

Now that we have so much access to the rich, especially rich Black people, Black anti-capitalists are starting to fall into a vicious cycle of accusing Black capitalists as if they are the inventors of capitalism.

Why aren’t white capitalists held to a higher standard?

Black capitalists don’t owe us anything.

I know that’s going to tizzy some feathers, but it’s true.

Look, I think Black capitalists should be giving back to the community as much as possible. I’m all for holding them accountable. But there’s a difference between holding someone accountable and acting as if you deserve something from them.

How would you feel if someone just sat there and expected you to give them lunch money every day? It becomes bully-ish.

It’s almost like treating someone as a servant.

I literally watched a YouTube video of an SJW saying that these people didn’t work hard at all for their money. I almost spit out my water in astonishment.

Whether or not someone worked hard to become a millionaire or billionaire is debatable, but you can’t deny that it took SOME work.

Yes, Black capitalists should be looking out for their community, but it shouldn’t be all on them to eradicate capitalism and carry us to the promised land.

There’s a difference between old money and new money.

A lot of these White capitalists have old money. Like, money-passed-down-from-slavery-type money. Those are the people we should be going at the hardest.

Most Black people you see online flexing have new money. They just got their million-dollar check, made it out the hood, and they’re enjoying their newfound riches with chains and Ferraris.

I can’t blame them for that.

If I just got a million-dollar check yesterday after being broke my whole life, I’m not giving it to anyone. I’m making sure me and my family never have to work again.

By the time I do that, I doubt there’d be any money left.

Seeing someone flexing online doesn’t automatically mean they have millions in the bank. Heck, I’ve seen people on social media rent Lamborghinis and show it off as if they own it. Everything is not what it seems.

Taking a little initiative for yourself isn’t a bad thing.

Ever since I found some success in my writing career after busting my ass off for 365 days straight, I look at things a little different now.

I’m definitely not saying Black people should pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

I’m just saying that we do have a say in where we want our lives to go. It starts to become a little self-defeating when we start blaming capitalism for all our lives ’ woes.

Try working on something you’re passionate about for a year and see what happens.

I’m just throwing some options out there.

Final Thought

I find it weird and a little anti-Black that the first people we come at for capitalism are rich Black folks.

Sure, these people should be held accountable. But I don’t think rich Black people have as much money as we’d like to assume. The ones with REAL money are rich white people. Eradicating Black capitalists isn’t going to eradicate capitalism.

I think we should take a little more accountability for ourselves and start taking our own lives by the balls.

Because the only people we can truly control are ourselves.

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