BET Referendum (Part 2 - The Black Label)

Consciousness vs. The Black Label

Black Entertainment Television, Black Planet, Black Caucus, Black Panthers, State of the Black Union, Black Hole, Black Magick, etc...
What is a label's worth, what does it represent, what does it mean, where does it derive, how does it survive?

From Wikipedia.com:
Black - Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light