The Chappelle Theory: Crazy Huh!

I'm not an old man, 25 to be exact, but I am wise enough to know fact from fiction when I see it. I was born with a God-given discernment and wisdom to view things and see things in the way they are and the way they are going to be. Even at an early age I was able to see people and concepts for what they were.That's why I look at things with such a keen eye.

This brings me to this Chappelle theory. If you haven't read it, (www.chappelletheory.com) you should. It is a theory basically saying that The Black Crusaders, an elite group of African Americans in entertainment, politics, religion, and finance, collectively conspired to stop Dave Chappelle from airing the 3rd season of his Chappelle Show due to its offensive content and what they call derogative effect on race relations in America. This group of elite African Americans including but not limited to Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, Louis Farrakhan, and Robert Johnson sought to do this by engineering a clever plot to brake Dave down mentally and spiritually using their power of influence and counsel to convict him from ever wanting to air his show again. Now I won't go into the theory but I will write on another topic, the ability of African Americans to work together to accomplish this feat.

It's clear that if this theory were true it would require African Americans of influence to do something they rarely, if ever, do willingly, work together for a cause that is greater than themselves. Think about it; when have African Americans of supreme influence worked together? We can recall the great leaders during Slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement but since African Americans were given their stated equality (yeah right!) the black elite really haven't worked for a cause since.

It reminds me of a recent episode of The Boondocks on the CartoonNetwork (which Al Sharpton, one of the Black Crusaders, is suing) inwhich the cartoon examines what would occur if Dr. King was still alive. In the end African Americans are so appalled by the glaring mistreatment of our people that we stage a revolution. One in which rappers refuse to use misogynistic lyrics and even NBA players strike on till American truly honors the promises of it’s Constitution. Could you imagine that? Could you imagine a nation of people so strong in which they truly live out the core of altruism etched in their very fiber? I don’t believe the theory to be true, but it does make you think about the power this group could have if they did unite. --

J. Oliver Beckham
The Vision Group