Who Benefits When We Celebrate Black Success? | Jice Johnson

We keep counting Black billionaires, Black executives, and Black faces in rooms that used to have none as progress toward liberation. It isn’t. A seat is not a system. A gift is not a structure. And an elite whose position depends on staying close to white capital isn’t built to dismantle it. Let's talk about why. Collective demands for power gets converted into individual stories of success. Who benefits when that conversion happens? And why are the people telling you it’s working are usually the people it worked for? Thanks for watching! 👇🏽 Resources + Links Chapters 01:51 Historical Foundations: Du Bois and the Talented Tenth 03:49 Black Capitalism: Nixon, Black Power, and Co-optation 06:52 Philanthropy and Its Limits in Building Power 12:05 The Role of Black Leaders in Contemporary Politics 17:07 Reparations, Policy Focus, and Leadership Bandwidth 19:04 Current State of Black Political Unity and Class Divisions 22:05 The Future of Black Power: Building Structural Change Learn more: jicejohnson.co Join my newsletter: https://substack.com/@jicejohnson — ABOUT JICE JOHNSON Jice Johnson is a global thought leader and strategist focused on leadership, business, and geopolitics. Subscribe for new videos weekly. #Leadership #Business #Geopolitics #JiceJohnson