But those who sit behind the scenes counting the cash have always maintained an exclusive hold over the incredible riches and talent. The business agents, managers, producers, publishers, distributors, and copywriters; the team owners, coaches, lawyers, vendors, media, advertisers, studio heads, etc.—a colossal financial enterprise—are almost entirely white, and, just as in the post-slavery sharecropping South, overwhelmingly Jewish. For every talented Black athlete and entertainer, there are thousands of whites siphoning a living for their families. The names of the stars are well known, but in America there are at least 403,000 people making on average $45,000 a year off the backs of these Black individuals in the fields of performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries.
Possibly the most glaring and widespread exploitation of Black talent is found in college sports, where Black athletes fill stadiums with paying customers—as with the estimated $940 million March Madness spectacle in college basketball—but receive not a single penny for their marketable talent. The only similar business model is slavery itself. If the Black athlete accepts a sandwich or a stick of gum, he is subject to severe penalties. Meanwhile, his white coaches and his school’s athletic departments may—and do—enter into multi-million-dollar private contracts with merchandisers, advertisers, and media corporations.
[From the newly updated and expanded 2017 edition of HOW WHITE FOLKS GOT SO RICH: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN WHITE SUPREMACY]
Article Appeared @http://noirg.org/articles/singer-adele-exposes-the-truth-of-black-talent-snatching/