A Fabrication of Racism
Racism is a 400 million dollar per year fabrication. At least that is what Mel, the main character's cousin, claims in the novel Exposed: Humanity Craves Power. The irony is that as crazy as this sounds on the surface, there is some shocking truth to it. When I look at dinosaurs like the NAACP and the Rainbow Push Coalition, I see stagnated power that has dwindled into seeming nothingness. Organizations like Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Trans Women of Color, and Blackout for Human Rights have stolen the old organizations' thunder. I've conceded that senior civil rights organizations have lost their effectiveness and influence due to changes in their agendas and financial obligations. The NAACP, the Nation's oldest watchdog, has gotten fat from monetary donations – Microsoft, Wyndham, Exxon, Wachovia, PepsiCo, and Kodak (Bartlett, 2004). After attacking the Adam's Mark hotel chain in 1999 and settling for 1.1 million dollars in a federal discrimination l...