Today the Black voice has far less power than it has in past say 50 years. The fact of the matter is that we no longer own the platforms to wield any power. We have fewer magazines, newspapers, radio stations, websites. The few platforms that remain carry very little weight or influence amongst our people.
When was the last time anything substantive was quoted, from a Black owned platform, in anything you have read?
Our voices are heard solely due to largess or greed of white folks. They tell us who and what is important, and therefore how to think. This is the reason we support their businesses and not our own. It really is that simple.
Unless white folks substantiate what we do; it is unimportant to us, and they do not substantiate anything unless it will make them some money. I refer this as the "white-cosign."