Affirmative Action: The Bait-and-Switch That Left Foundational Black Americans Behind

Affirmative action, much like DEI, was sold as a policy to uplift Black Americans, but when you dig into the numbers, white women ended up being the biggest beneficiaries. It was never truly about correcting the injustices done to Foundational Black Americans—it was a way to maintain the status quo while giving the appearance of progress.

Instead of direct economic empowerment, land, or reparations, they gave us symbolic policies that could be easily manipulated. Affirmative action didn’t guarantee Black economic power; it just gave corporations and universities a loophole to boost their diversity numbers—often by bringing in immigrants, white women, or other non-Black groups while still keeping FBAs locked out of real wealth-building opportunities.

The lesson? We can’t fall for the symbolic hustle. The real fight is for economic justice, land ownership, and direct resources for the people who actually built this country.

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DEI: The Illusion of Inclusion and the Hustle Against Foundational Black Americans

The game they play with DEI is the classic bait-and-switch. They market it like it’s about leveling the playing field for Black folks, but when you check the stats, white women end up eating the biggest piece of the pie. Meanwhile, Black people—the group that actually built this country—are still getting the crumbs.

This ain't accidental. DEI is not a reparations program. It’s a corporate hustle designed to pacify the masses while reinforcing the status quo. They’ll put up a Black face on the brochure, but when the promotions, contracts, and scholarships get handed out—who’s actually benefiting? The same dominant society that’s always run the show.

And let’s be clear: when they say "diversity," they don’t mean Black first. They mean everybody except Black people, particularly FBAs who built this nation from the ground up. That’s why DEI never comes with an economic base for us. It’s all symbolic, no substance—because true equity would mean cutting a check (Reparations), and they’re never trying to do that.

So, the real conversation ain't about "inclusion"—it’s about power. And until we start framing the discussion around real economic empowerment for Foundational Black Americans, we’re just playing along with another corporate con game.

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