Black Celebs Are Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are
Contrary to some reports
 

money.jpgFox 411’s Roger Friedman did a little (and I mean little) investigation into campaign contributions recently and found that black celebrities like Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Diddy, Jay-Z, and Bob Johnson haven’t opened their wallets for Barack Obama. This supposedly means that “Oprah Winfrey’s backing of Barack Obama for president hasn’t influenced a lot of other heavy hitting black celebrities to join her yet.” He mentions Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Will Smith as donors, but none of the many others I found when I did what had to have been a larger, but hardly exhaustive, investigation into the campaign contribution habits of black celebs.

Obama Donors

Eddie Murphy

Pauletta Washington (maybe she handles the political donations in the Washington house)

Samuel Jackson

Chris Rock

Will Smith

Forest Whitaker

Halle Berry

Angela Bassett

Camille Cosby

Tyler Perry

Tyra Banks

Phylicia Rashad

Dennis Haysbert

Tracey Edmonds

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds

Gabrielle Union

Hill Harper

Holly Robinson Peete

Jamie Foxx

Nia Long

Morgan Freeman

Oprah Winfrey

Earvin “Magic” Johnson

Regina King

Jasmine Guy

Debra Lee

Michael Jordan

Clinton Donors

Debra Lee

Quincy Jones

Earvin “Magic” Johnson

Star Jones

Vivica Fox

Source: Fundrace

 
Comments (13)

No. 1 · Billie

Clinton donors: a little d-listy, no? I mean, except for Q…

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 11:19 am
No. 2 · blkmaleperspective

Haha, you beat me to it. Propaganda at its finest.

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 11:22 am
No. 3 · Nichelle

I’ll bet Roger Friedman has never heard of Hill Harper and Regina King - he was surely only looking for “A-listers”. And I’m sure he didn’t think to look for any spouses (Camille Cosby, Pauletta Washington) or black business executives that we would know right away (Debra Lee).

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 11:36 am
No. 4 · Nichelle

Also (not to be overzealous :) ) but I recall Usher campaigning for Barack early last year and I’ll bet he donated money.

Oh, and Bob Johnson is a Hillary Clinton backer, so it’s doubtful that he’d “open his wallet” for Obama.

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 11:39 am
No. 5 · blackmistressdiva

As long as the “soldiers” keep donating…celeb $$ doesn’t mean anything.

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 12:17 pm
No. 6 · Jaime

So, Magic Johnson gave donations on both sides?

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 1:37 pm
No. 7 · blackmistressdiva

That’s not uncommon in primaries.

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 1:46 pm
No. 8 · Nichelle

@Jaime - According to an article last week on the Huffington Post, Magic gave his first ever political donation to Barack Obama last March - but he switched to Hillary last summer, possibly due to business considerations:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....79087.html

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 2:00 pm
No. 9 · Nanea

There was a big fund-raising bash in Obama’s honor early last year in Beverly Hills, and I know that Denzel Washington was mentioned in that context, together with David Geffen and Tom Hanks, as one of the “instigators”, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....01998.html

Seems checking facts is too bothersome for Faux News.

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 at 3:00 pm
No. 10 · daria

Lots of people who can afford it give to multiple candidates. There are some who seem to do it more often than others. Barbra Streisand is one. Individuals and corporations do it all the time. It’s more common if you’re pushing an issue. Lots of anti-choice people will give to every anti-choice candidate.

Posted: Jan 9, 2008 at 9:11 am
No. 11 · daria

…oh, and lots of companies give to everyone.

Posted: Jan 9, 2008 at 9:12 am
No. 12 · blackmistressdiva

Agreed. I’ve given to the big three. Edwards and Obama once. Hillary gets most of it. I also give directly to the DNC. Once the nomination is done, I’ll give it all to that person.

Posted: Jan 9, 2008 at 2:00 pm
No. 13 · Amber Pratcher

Thanks for the actual list.
You can’t trust Fox for much of anything, eh?

http://www.ohellnawlblog.com

Posted: Jan 12, 2008 at 10:19 pm
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