Can't Stop The Bum Rush

Well it has been far too long but as it has happened several times this year I am back, and revving to go. On this 26th day of December the day after Christmas, I would like to say I hope you have had a wonderful holiday and a successful year.

The title of this post is a way of me reflecting on the past. In case you don't know a bum rush is a straight out free for all assault on whatever you may be doing. This is carried out by shear number. the greater the number the higher the chance of success. What brings me back here is yesterday I had a chance to reflect off of and absorb the wisdoms of others around me. We had some very interesting conversations. One of which was why is it that more African Americans do not try to control the industry that they are so affluent in. For example the entertainment industry.

Well it is my opinion (and if you have read anything that I have written in the past then you know that I have an opinion about almost everything under the sun) that those few people who own and run the industry refuse to allow anyone else to take control. It is no secret that the Jews own and run Hollywood. If someone does try to move in on their market they remove them from the picture. Case in point. Spike Lee's "40 acres and a mule" productions took off in the 80's and seem to be doing very well. These where movies about black people with solid messages attached to them. These movies employed the majority of the black actors in Hollywood at the time. But all of a sudden it seemed to spiral out of control and burn in a heap of nothingness. The first attack by Hollywood, was to basically build up fear around these movies, saying that they incited violence. This caused a lot of people to be afraid to go see the movies in the theaters. I recall an article about Spike where he said that his movies make the majority of their money in Video sales because the public is afraid to come out and see it in the theater. What this translates to is that white America wanted to see his movies they just didn't want others to know about it.

But because his movies where still quite successful because of the video sales and rentals other tactics had to be put into place. At this time Hollywood started taking all of the actors that Spike used and started paying them more than what spike could guarantee them and stole them out from under him. Although this was a shrewed move and spike helped a lot of black actors break in after all was said and done 40 Acres and a Mule was finished. This is a direct result of what happens when Blacks try to control their place in that industry. You may be able to run around under the radar for a while but as soon as you start to make a name for yourself you will be dismantled and tossed aside.

The music industry is not as smooth and appealing in the way that they deal with people. Just look at what they have done to every positive or conscious rapper that graced the airwaves. As NAS has said "where are they now?"