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17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - bjcheung77 - 09-25-2021
Interesting tidbit, I thought there would be a few more countries in Africa that have "richer" dictators err...
I would have thought a total of these "richer" dictators/presidents would be a higher amount than this number.
Maybe I was thinking of multi-millionaires or something closer to that instead.
Oprah, Kanye, MJ, Jay-Z are the only 4 people I've read about...
Link: https://billionaires.africa/meet-the-worlds-17-black-billionaires-in-2021/
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - Pats20 - 09-25-2021
Dictators aren’t usually figured into the listings of the richest people in the world Because their wealth is based on oppression. For example Putin is probably the richest man in the world with more wealth than bezos or musk, but how much fun is that to call him number 1.
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - LevelUP - 09-26-2021
Floyd Mayweather reportedly has 1.2 billion, add him to the list.
It's a fact that skin color has nothing to do with how much income you make. Indians which are the closest to blacks in skin color are the highest-earning Americans. And black Nigerian Americans earn more than whites on average.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income
There is this disease of victim mentality that plagues most Americans. Immigrants come here and routinely kick our ass in earnings compared to the average American.
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - Alpha - 09-26-2021
(09-25-2021, 10:21 PM)Pats20 Wrote: Dictators aren’t usually figured into the listings of the richest people in the world Because their wealth is based on oppression. For example Putin is probably the richest man in the world with more wealth than bezos or musk, but how much fun is that to call him number 1.
I'd want to emphasize the idea that no one could really know the actual amount of money owned by a dictator as they have surely hidden all their money in various ways. This is why Navalny has been working so hard to show off the rich estates of various Russian government officials. Their relatively small government salaries are not nearly enough to pay for everything they own.
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - dfrecore - 09-26-2021
(09-25-2021, 10:21 PM)Pats20 Wrote: Dictators aren’t usually figured into the listings of the richest people in the world Because their wealth is based on oppression. For example Putin is probably the richest man in the world with more wealth than bezos or musk, but how much fun is that to call him number 1.
And they hide so much, it's impossible to know how much they have (of course, we don't know how much any of these other have either, I think we can only know how much they earn each year and then guess).
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - LevelUP - 09-27-2021
Rihanna is another black person that is worth $1.7 billion
![[Image: 5oh0oq.jpg]](https://i.imgflip.com/5oh0oq.jpg)
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - dfrecore - 09-27-2021
(09-27-2021, 06:41 PM)LevelUP Wrote: Rihanna is another black person that is worth $1.7 billion
She was on the list originally posted:
#12 Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty
Estimated net worth: $1.7 billion
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - LevelUP - 09-27-2021
(09-27-2021, 07:06 PM)dfrecore Wrote:(09-27-2021, 06:41 PM)LevelUP Wrote: Rihanna is another black person that is worth $1.7 billion
She was on the list originally posted:
#12 Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty
Estimated net worth: $1.7 billion
Wasn't on bjcheung77's American list, and that's a nice T-shirt she is wearing
Rumor is she wore that T-shirt in support of Nicki Minaj, after her recent comments questioning the COVID vaccine.
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - jsd - 09-27-2021
She's # 12 on bjcheung77's linked article, that's what dfrecore was quoting.
Not likely she's wearing it in Support of Minaj, since Rihanna dropped Minaj from a concert she was putting on because of those comments.
RE: 17 Black Billionaires of 2021 - LevelUP - 09-27-2021
(09-27-2021, 08:23 PM)jsd Wrote: She's # 12 on bjcheung77's linked article, that's what dfrecore was quoting.
Not likely she's wearing it in Support of Minaj, since Rihanna dropped Minaj from a concert she was putting on because of those comments.
Nicki Minaj skips Met Gala over COVID-19 vaccine requirement was the recent story. I believe Nicki Minaj and Rihanna are friends. That T-shirt is awesome, regardless of her reasons, it's a big FU to the authoritarians.
Nicki Minaj said that she didn't want to be forced to take this experimental vaccine and told others to do their research. However, she didn't advise anyone to get or not get the vaccine but to think for themselves.
Havard business just shut down their school and moved classes online due to many COVID cases despite having over 95% of students vaccinated.
People should be allowed to ask questions, especially since no large population country has yet to figure out how to stop COVID.