"Black Success Icons Being Used As A Missile of Mass Community Destruction?"

Nicki Minaj is in the media for what is being referred to as a disrespectful use of the legendary Malcolm X's iconic photo in a contorversial video. A Queens elemntary school has attempted to ban its tudents from using Malcolm X as a subject for a Black History month project. We have already touched on Jay-Z's controversial dealings with a blatantly racist department store, and now Beyonce has been scrutinzed for her performance at the Grammy's after years of being conditioned by the entertainment industry to put forth a super-sexual image to capture an audience. Taking into account all of our concerns with outside obstacles, have our African-American success icons been conditioned to be the biggest weapon of destruction to our community?