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CNBC: Rihanna is now worth $1.4 billion–making her America’s youngest self-made billionaire woman
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she literally made the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show pack up and go home lmao
How much labor was exploited to gain a net worth of over a billion dollars.
Don't google "Fenty child labor". Worst mistake of my life.
Don't google "Fenty child labor". Worst mistake of my life.
Yeah seriously. Arnold said it best here:
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It's such a sham and a dangerous mindset the public at large sets expectations on. NOBODY, not a single soul, has been "self-made". It's bullshit. Good for Rihanna absolutely, but that "self-made" part needs to go away from anybody's title when it's never true.
Damn, didn't even get to the third post before replying, eh?
Labor exploitation doesn't suddenly become ethical when it's not a white guy doing it
I read it. A resetera.com post can't negate what money does to people unfortunately.
Eat the rich.
As a father of a black woman, it's depressing. This ain't an "Eat the Rich" moment. It's a bless this successful queen. Period.
I suppose she is self made. Just hope the kids in India working for her company are paid well too.
"At least." Fucking hell. This piece of Laboring Beyond Black Representation comes to mind.
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The "First Black" poem by Too Black (same author of the piece above) also comes to mind.
I mean, I don't know the veracity of the claims, but Fenty was accused of exploiting child labour in India. Rihanna's success at this level almost certainly hasn't come without considerable human cost. It might be miraculous that she's made over a billion dollars given her background and identity, but it still stands that nobody should be worth a billion dollars in the first place.
what's a little child labor if you can be a billionaire girlboss. Those kids would probably die in squalor anyway so its okay if the queen can profit!
So surely you hold these same concerns when you're on Gaming Side, right?
Yeah now what I'm thinking about it she hasn't released an album in forever. She just took a hiatus?
Yeah, that's definitely what you're seeing here. A "love for billionaires." There are no other reasons why people might be happy to see something like this. None at all.
I think we can all agree that any CEO of a major publisher or console maker has blood on their hands. Always find the worship of Phil Spencer and Gabe Newell to be gross. I mostly avoid AAA games these days after hearing how much of a meat grinder developing them is, all the blood and sweat put into horse balls in RDR2 broke me. Not to mention the slavery involved in console production gross stuff all around can't even get excited about new consoles tbh mostly just play retro games these days
Haha I guess it can be weird to think of it that way if you're not someone that follows makeup and stuff. It can't be overstated how Rihanna took advantage of the make-up bubble right before it ballooned to where it is now and filled a niche that was desperately needed at the time. That foundation range when it launched was a game changer for makeup. Add in the insane mark ups that those products have and she's in for huge profits.
That aside, billionaires are still 🥴 and her being one doesn't change that.
Great to see such a gorgeous, talented woman of colour from humble roots succeed against all odds. She has definitely brought some good into the world.
Yeah billionaires and the whole system suck, but at least it's somebody who isn't a white male waste of oxygen like Musk or Bezos wining for once.
Yeah billionaires and the whole system suck, but at least it's somebody who isn't a white male waste of oxygen like Musk or Bezos wining for once.
I really feel like people are just straight up ignoring the child labor part of this whole thing
Child labor is actully cool if Rihanna makes proffit. This threas reminded me about the Maragaret Thatcher girlboss meme.
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They actually are and it's fucking repulsive. Don't get me wrong, resetera is for sure better than any other gaming forum/community regarding politics but damn, the bar is that fucking low.
Wasn't there similar kind of news about Kylie Jenner just some years ago? She is even younger than Rihanna.
That Kylie is self-made?
Or the billionaire part? They estimated her wealth at $900 million after and took her off the list
My thoughts exactly, but clearly they were overestimating her networth a bit. I remember her also being labelled self made lol
"All billionaires are bad" and "billionaires from underprivileged background are less bad" are two compatible statements.
There has to be a threshold where your wealth and the power that accompany it means your social responsibility overcomes the sympathy we have for you, and to me it's definitely below ten digits in dollars.
Though this is all very theoretical ofc. I won't ever bother with chastising Rihanna because we have much bigger fish to fry, but celebrating this seems a bit much IMO.
There has to be a threshold where your wealth and the power that accompany it means your social responsibility overcomes the sympathy we have for you, and to me it's definitely below ten digits in dollars.
Though this is all very theoretical ofc. I won't ever bother with chastising Rihanna because we have much bigger fish to fry, but celebrating this seems a bit much IMO.
Thank god.
But good for her, I can't even imagine being that rich. Hope she continues to use it for a good cause
Look her contributions to diversifying makeup, especially skin tone range in foundation/concealer/bronzer are insane and set the bar for other brands. I buy her stuff, it's good.
But I defo know her clothing range is based on exploiting mainly female poc labour in some of the most dangerous working conditions, and it wouldn't surprise me if her makeup is similar. I'm not going to yell "yay girl boss", I'll give credit were it's due but she could do a lot better with that money and how labour is treated in her company's. You aren't exactly going to see me go "yay Kylie Jenner!" when she made her bucks off of the labour of the same exploited demographic.
In saying that with Shein and Boohoo and ASOS , it's a rush to the bottom on labour conditions/pay, environmental impact and waste. The way the fashion industry is at the moment is unsustainable, it needs to crash and burn with a some serious legislation power to force these companies in line
But I defo know her clothing range is based on exploiting mainly female poc labour in some of the most dangerous working conditions, and it wouldn't surprise me if her makeup is similar. I'm not going to yell "yay girl boss", I'll give credit were it's due but she could do a lot better with that money and how labour is treated in her company's. You aren't exactly going to see me go "yay Kylie Jenner!" when she made her bucks off of the labour of the same exploited demographic.
In saying that with Shein and Boohoo and ASOS , it's a rush to the bottom on labour conditions/pay, environmental impact and waste. The way the fashion industry is at the moment is unsustainable, it needs to crash and burn with a some serious legislation power to force these companies in line
I agree, but as long as they are all eventually taxed appropriately to get some help to the lower classes then I am good with that distinction. It's just hard as someone with no health insurance and several debilitating health issues that prevent me from having full time work in order to get that needed insurance to see a positive thread about a billionaire anymore. Especially as my issues get worse and worse.
That is obviously just my situation, but its just where I am at personally. I just want appropriate taxes. I feel like it would solve so many issues.
I'm not 100% sure where Rihanna is taxed in whether US or Barbados but none of those places are were she actually exploited her workers badly, you are talking garment workers and chemical workers in developing countries with little protection, poor pay and working conditions. And the biggest demographic is poc, particularly women who are exploited. It's not just Rihanna doing this to be clear but the whole fashion and makeup industry and you need legislation to stop this, not progressive tax laws in the US which while are necessary for US citizens, won't help developing nations workers who are exploited to make cheap products for those in developed nations one bit.
I would assume she is very unlikely to have a billion in cash on hand, it's all "worth a billion" stuff, contracts stipulated on future earnings. So many big popstars have had these figures used as some kind of measure of success and it's usually when their P.R. department is bragging about their untouchable value that they fall from grace. Michael, Janet, Madonna, Prince, Whitney, Mariah etc. If nothing else it's a sign she's viewed as being on their level - which is a good thing for her legacy as a pop star.
"Good for her" and "all billionaires are bad" can both be simultaneously true. It's both impressive and praiseworthy as an achievement that she managed this given her background and also bad that a system exists that allows anyone to amass such wealth. Those ideas are not in conflict. She won a game that was both unfairly rigged against her and shouldn't exist in the first place.