Intro

In every struggle for liberation, there are those who stand firm in the face of oppression and those who, for the right price, offer themselves as pawns to the forces of empire. In the case of the Black community, the right-wing collaborators are often dressed in the rhetoric of individualism, respectability, and success, but their actions betray the very essence of Black liberation. They claim to offer a voice for “independent thought” and “self-reliance,” but in truth, they are mouthpieces for white supremacy, capitalism, and imperialism — forces that have historically sought to keep Black people in chains, both literal and metaphorical.

This article will dissect the dangerous rise of Black right-wing figures who are not just out of touch with the struggles of the Black masses but actively work against them. From social media influencers to political figures, these individuals — once celebrated in their own communities — have become key agents in maintaining a system that oppresses Black people. Their betrayal is not just ideological but historical, perpetuating a pattern that stretches back centuries.

The Black Radical Tradition, birthed in the struggle for freedom, resistance, and justice, stands in stark contrast to the ideologies and practices espoused by these right-wing figures. This tradition was never about quiet assimilation into white supremacist structures. It was built on rebellion, on confrontation, and on the radical reshaping of society. To understand the betrayal of Black right-wingers, we must recognize that their collaboration with empire is not new — it’s a continuation of a long, painful history of Black subjugation by those who would sell out their own people for personal gain.

The Black Radical Tradition has never been polite. It was not born in think tanks or classrooms, nor did it rise from the ballot box or the halls of empire. It emerged from the soil of resistance — slave revolts, abolitionist uprisings, maroon communities, anti-colonial wars, and the underground organizing of those who understood that true Black liberation can never be granted by the systems that enslave us. It is the tradition of Harriet Tubman’s pistol, Malcolm X’s rifle, the Combahee River Collective’s manifesto, and the prison letters of George Jackson. It is, above all, a tradition of rebellion against every force that seeks to make us less than human.

It is in direct contradiction to this tradition that the modern Black right-winger operates. And their betrayal is not simply ideological — it is historical, material, and deeply dangerous.

They present themselves as independent thinkers, “intellectuals” who have broken free of the so-called groupthink of the Black community. But their rebellion is not against power — it is against the very people they claim to represent. They have not broken chains. They have forged new ones, gleaming and digital, paid for in book advances, speaking fees, and TV appearances. They claim to be free, but they are only free to defend the structures that enslaved us.

Let us be precise: the Black right is not a monolith. It includes everyone from the suited-up talking heads who praise police brutality as “law and order,” to the social media influencers who mock Black poverty while bathing in algorithmic attention. But what unites them is a shared allegiance to the foundational myths of American empire: that capitalism is freedom, that racism is a relic, and that white supremacy is a fiction.

These are not conservative values. They are colonial lies.

To deny systemic racism is to deny the Atlantic slave trade, the Black Codes, the convict leasing system, redlining, environmental racism, the war on drugs, police militarization, and the prison industrial complex. To uphold capitalism as a path to liberation is to ignore the fact that capitalism itself was built on the backs of enslaved Africans — that the cotton industry alone generated the economic engine that allowed the U.S. and Europe to dominate the globe.

This is not theory. This is historical fact. As Walter Rodney wrote in How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, the wealth of the West was inseparable from the extraction of Black labor and resources. As Cedric Robinson explained in Black Marxism, the very concept of capitalism was always racialized — racial capitalism is not a glitch in the system; it is the system.

And yet, Black right-wingers continue to sell us the fantasy of integration through obedience, freedom through finance, dignity through proximity to whiteness. They invoke Dr. King while voting against the very social programs he died defending. They quote Malcolm X out of context, conveniently ignoring his searing critiques of capitalism and imperialism. They accuse Black youth of being lazy while siding with corporations that exploit Black labor and lobby against fair wages.

Let us name them for what they are: agents of empire. And empire has always needed Black collaborators.

A History of Black Collaboration with Empire

This betrayal is not new. From the shores of West Africa to the seats of the Supreme Court, the empire has always co-opted Black bodies to reinforce white power.

Enslavement and Intermediaries

During the transatlantic slave trade, European powers relied on some African elites to capture and sell fellow Africans into bondage. Some were coerced, others enriched — but the system thrived on collaboration. The enslaver did not build the slave trade alone. He had help. And so began the long, shameful pattern of Black bodies being used to uphold white power.

The Plantation Divide: House and Field

In the American South, house slaves were pitted against field hands — a divide engineered by slave owners to fracture unity. Malcolm X’s distinction between the “house Negro” and the “field Negro” was a political warning, not a cultural insult. The former identified with the master, even when the whip cracked. The latter knew they were at war. The modern Black conservative echoes the house Negro’s logic: defending the system that dehumanizes them in exchange for table scraps and illusionary inclusion.

Jim Crow’s Black Gatekeepers

Under segregation, some Black business owners, clergy, and politicians chose to appease white power rather than challenge it. Booker T. Washington’s emphasis on accommodation — while rooted in survival — was weaponized by white elites to suppress more radical visions. Respectability politics became a leash used to police Black expression, resistance, and identity. The echoes are deafening today: when right-wing Black voices criticize protestors more harshly than police, they are reenacting this same dynamic.

COINTELPRO and the Internal Enemy

The FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) sought to “neutralize” Black radical movements. To do so, it recruited informants — some of whom were Black. These infiltrators leaked plans, sowed mistrust, and helped destroy organizations like the Black Panther Party from the inside. Fred Hampton was murdered in his sleep after a Black informant gave the FBI the layout of his apartment. Today, the state doesn’t need covert agents — it has Black conservatives doing the same work in the open, with likes, follows, and SuperChats.

The Faces of Betrayal: Black Right-Wingers in the Spotlight

To understand how deep this betrayal runs, we must name the individuals who serve as front-line actors in this spectacle. Their prominence is not a coincidence — it is curated by conservative media machines and donor networks that know exactly what they’re buying.

Candace Owens

The crown jewel of right-wing tokenism, Owens has built a career out of mocking Black pain and sanitizing white violence. She calls racism a myth, celebrates police shootings, and denounces Black protest as hysteria. She is not brave — she is bankrolled.

Jason Whitlock

Once a sportswriter, now a cultural gatekeeper for white grievance, Whitlock spends his time attacking Black athletes, feminists, and “woke culture” — his preferred term for anything remotely progressive. His message is clear: be grateful, be quiet, or be punished.

Larry Elder

His 2021 run for California governor revealed the full scope of the conservative fantasy: a Black man who denounces racism, opposes welfare, and defends white supremacist systems. Elder isn’t an outlier — he’s the logical conclusion of what happens when empire grooms its ideal Negro.

Herschel Walker

Propped up by the Trump machine, Walker’s political ascent had nothing to do with intellect, strategy, or vision — and everything to do with obedience. His campaign was less a candidacy than a spectacle of submission.

Clarence Thomas

From the bench of the Supreme Court, Thomas has delivered blow after blow to civil rights: gutting the Voting Rights Act, undermining affirmative action, and protecting corporate power. He is not simply a traitor — he is a judicial architect of modern Black subjugation.

Digital Minstrelsy: The New MAGA Influencers

In the age of social media, betrayal comes with a Wi-Fi connection and a Patreon link. These influencers perform Blackness for white approval, gaining clout for their attacks on their own people.

Bryson Gray

A MAGA rapper and self-proclaimed Christian patriot, Gray demonizes Black Lives Matter, defends white cops, and bathes in conspiratorial rhetoric. His verses aren’t revolutionary — they’re right-wing jingles with rhythm.

Anthony Brian Logan (ABL)

YouTube’s favorite Black conservative, ABL’s entire brand is built on comforting white audiences with the lie that racism is over. He profits by undermining movements he never contributed to.

Hotep Jesus (Bryan Sharpe)

A self-styled iconoclast, Sharpe weaponizes contrarianism to curry favor with white libertarians and alt-right circles. Wrapped in faux intellectualism, his grift is as old as the plantation: distract, divide, and derail.

Bevelyn Beatty & Edmee Chavannes

Radicalized by religious zealotry, these two gained notoriety for defacing BLM murals and promoting anti-vaccine propaganda. Their activism does not liberate — it subjugates under the banner of obedience.

Conclusion: From Clicks to Chains — The Price of Selling Out

These individuals are not rebels. They are not visionaries. They are not thought leaders. They are collaborators. They are paid to poison. Their job is not to uplift, but to obscure — not to lead, but to confuse.

But they are not new. They are reincarnations of every informant, every enforcer, every court preacher who told the plantation to pray instead of rebel. They are what the empire offers in exchange for loyalty: a microphone, a paycheck, and a role in the spectacle of betrayal.

The Black Radical Tradition remembers them all.

It remembers the house slave. The colonial soldier. The informant. The gatekeeper. The influencer.

And it remembers who fought.

Let them trend. Let them cash their checks. Let them dance for white power.

History will remember them — not as leaders, but as warnings.