EURWeb: Jackson Shreds Financial & Musical Limits, Becomes Target – MiniB#24

EURWeb: Jackson Shreds Financial & Musical Limits, Becomes Target – MiniBullet#24 Christopher Hamilton has published an article at EURWEB about Michael Jackson. He makes some highly interesting points which, of course, this community has been aware of for ages. In his piece titled “IS IT BECAUSE HE’S BLACK?: What They Don’t Want You to Know About Michael Jackson”, he says that Jackson has ascended to a level which no other black person has achieved before. The article has me thinking again about issues of Jackson’s popularity, his meaning to the community, and his literally earth-shattering achievements. Hamilton writes:

All anyone has to do is look when Michael started being portrayed as “Crazy.” It wasn’t during the “Thriller” years. It’s cool being a song and dance man. That’s what they want. DON’T DARE BECOME A THINKING BUSINESSMAN. DON’T DARE BUY THE BEATLES CATALOG. DON’T DARE MARRY ELVIS’ DAUGHTER. DON’T DARE BEAT THE RECORD INDUSTRY AT THEIR OWN GAME. Michael started being labeled crazy when he began making business moves that no one had been successful at doing. Michael took two cultural icons and shattered them to pieces. (see IS IT BECAUSE HE’S BLACK?: What They Don’t Want You to Know About Michael Jackson)