The more we learn regarding the details surrounding the alleged racial slur fiasco at BYU, the more we see the fingerprints of the racial grievance industry.
The racial grievance industry is a cottage industry that is booming.
The OGs of the industry, Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson, at least symbolically tied their actions to the Civil Right Movement.
When Sharpton and Jackson came to town, the shakedown was hidden.
Todays Racial Grievance independent contractors don’t bother hiding their intentions.
The free flowing currency of white guilt is too much to resist.
Instead of talking about how to be anti-racist, what the perpetrators of victimization should discuss is how to profit off of racial grievance.
Because that is their true aim.
Case in point, the Black Menaces.
There is a group of black BYU students who record themselves asking white BYU students seemingly uncomfortable questions.
The point of the questions is to show how oppressive and privileged the white students are juxtaposed to the marginalized black students.
These videos are meant to shame and embarrass. The videos are the 21st century version of Sharpton and Jackson’s shakedown methods.
Yet, these are even more sinister due to the temerity of leadership in America.
College administrators and business leaders are terrified of being painted as racist, homophobic, or transphobic.
So when these videos begin to go viral on TikTok, capitulation begins.
Here’s how to tell when the end goal has been met; when a school or company announces anti-bias or anti-racist training or a division created for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
It’s a brilliant business plan. Most people are too scared to call it out for what it is, a money making scheme.
The Black Menaces are now starting chapters at other PWI (Predominantly White Institutions). Business is good.
Yet, the game they are playing, only hurts the people they so call want to help.
All this does is perpetuate the notion that black people do not have agency and only white people have the power to provide said agency.
What happened to the grandchildren of the marchers who wore the “I Am A Man” sign?
They are making videos with the tagline, “I Am A Victim”.