Post by abbey1227 on Aug 9, 2021 2:54:51 GMT
but Yahoo sorta did it for me with an accompanying article..........
The Guardian
Sorry, Rihanna. I can’t celebrate billionaires – even if they are Black
Akin Olla Sat, August 7, 2021, 5:21 AM·6 min read
Rihanna just became the newest member of the Black billionaire class. She did it through her ambitious and game-changing makeup company, Fenty Beauty. Fenty rejects eurocentric beauty standards and provides a wide array of cosmetics that celebrate darker skin tones often ignored by the beauty industry. That’s great. Unfortunately, the last thing we need right now is another billionaire, regardless of their skin color.
While headlines like Yahoo’s “How Rihanna became a billionaire (as she should be)” and the Cut’s “The only acceptable billionaire” may feel good, the framing is harmful. Rihanna’s genius should be celebrated, but the wealth that she has amassed must be criticized. The mere existence of billionaires is a detriment to us all; celebrating the success of another Black billionaire obscures the dangers that the Black upper class poses to the Black working class and working-class people of all ethnicities.
Sorry, Rihanna. I can’t celebrate billionaires – even if they are Black
Akin Olla Sat, August 7, 2021, 5:21 AM·6 min read
Rihanna just became the newest member of the Black billionaire class. She did it through her ambitious and game-changing makeup company, Fenty Beauty. Fenty rejects eurocentric beauty standards and provides a wide array of cosmetics that celebrate darker skin tones often ignored by the beauty industry. That’s great. Unfortunately, the last thing we need right now is another billionaire, regardless of their skin color.
While headlines like Yahoo’s “How Rihanna became a billionaire (as she should be)” and the Cut’s “The only acceptable billionaire” may feel good, the framing is harmful. Rihanna’s genius should be celebrated, but the wealth that she has amassed must be criticized. The mere existence of billionaires is a detriment to us all; celebrating the success of another Black billionaire obscures the dangers that the Black upper class poses to the Black working class and working-class people of all ethnicities.
..................................................... There have always been wealthy Black Americans. Even at the height of slavery and Jim Crow there were rich African Americans, like the entrepreneur Robert Reed Church and the abolitionist Mary Ellen Pleasant. It is worth celebrating their ability to overcome adversity and compete against the white ruling class, especially those, like Pleasant, who used their money to support poor members of their community.
But we must always hold that celebration in tension with the inherent corruption of the system in which some may rise to great power while most live in great misery. Black billionaires have fundamentally different interests from other Black people, and we cannot let our love of them get in the way of seeing the role that they play in perpetuating the system as it is. Rihanna is a brilliant, talented and extraordinary individual, but she does not deserve to be a billionaire, and her success should not be used to further the acceptance of the super wealthy.
Akin Olla is a Nigerian American political strategist and organizer. He is the host of This Is the Revolution Podcast
But we must always hold that celebration in tension with the inherent corruption of the system in which some may rise to great power while most live in great misery. Black billionaires have fundamentally different interests from other Black people, and we cannot let our love of them get in the way of seeing the role that they play in perpetuating the system as it is. Rihanna is a brilliant, talented and extraordinary individual, but she does not deserve to be a billionaire, and her success should not be used to further the acceptance of the super wealthy.
Akin Olla is a Nigerian American political strategist and organizer. He is the host of This Is the Revolution Podcast
Little Island in NYC ‘turned out far better than I had hoped,’ Barry Diller says
Grace O'Donnell·Assistant Editor Mon, August 2, 2021, 8:11 AM
It took over six years and a personal donation of $260 million to make one billionaire’s vision for a fairy-tale park come to life.
On May 21, 2021, New York City's Little Island park finally opened to the public.
“With this Little Island project, for me, from the very, very beginning, I had hoped that ... we could build something that was an icon, visually, on the waterfront of New York,” Barry Diller, chairman of IAC and Expedia and former CEO for Fox and Paramount, told Yahoo Finance in a recent interview (video above). “It has turned out far better than I had hoped.”
Diller's gift to the city is a 2.4-acre man-made island and public green space that was built over the remnants of Pier 54, which suffered severe damage as a result of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. With a 687-seat amphitheater and a second stage area called 'The Glade,' the park plans to “pile it on” when it comes to live performances and events.
Grace O'Donnell·Assistant Editor Mon, August 2, 2021, 8:11 AM
It took over six years and a personal donation of $260 million to make one billionaire’s vision for a fairy-tale park come to life.
On May 21, 2021, New York City's Little Island park finally opened to the public.
“With this Little Island project, for me, from the very, very beginning, I had hoped that ... we could build something that was an icon, visually, on the waterfront of New York,” Barry Diller, chairman of IAC and Expedia and former CEO for Fox and Paramount, told Yahoo Finance in a recent interview (video above). “It has turned out far better than I had hoped.”
Diller's gift to the city is a 2.4-acre man-made island and public green space that was built over the remnants of Pier 54, which suffered severe damage as a result of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. With a 687-seat amphitheater and a second stage area called 'The Glade,' the park plans to “pile it on” when it comes to live performances and events.
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