After reading some of the comments surrounding recent articles and our presentations about the LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the payments to the NAACP, I just realized that many readers don’t know about “Indulgence Fees” or how they work.
Indeed it almost seems as if people think the term “Indulgence Fee” is some form of snark on my part made up to poke fun at the Black Grievance Industry.    It’s not.
My sincere apologies, I took it for granted people actually knew how this works.

Indulgence Fees are how the BGI operate.    The NAACP and other entities within the Black Grievance Industry have an entire fee schedule structured to outline how much is paid to whom based on their status within the organization.   Speaking fees, protest fees, hosting fees, are coordinated within the Indulgence Fee concept depending on the venue.
In addition the leadership within the structural BGI determine the fee schedules, or rates, for pre-paid “indulgences”, and also consult on the post-sin infraction fee rates.

The technical origin of the Indulgence Fee concept stems from Catholicism where it was originally called simply “an indulgence“.
Later it became called an “indulgence tax”, and bad people (kings and rulers who held control over the influence of the church) began using the concept to charge people for admonishment of sin.    Later they began charging a fee for behavior they did not like, for violations of law, and/or for speech they determined to be against them.
‘Indulgences’ became further manipulated as generations progressed and it became a lucrative method of financial gain.

The term, and it’s original intent, has been totally corrupted and no longer represents the religious connotation – but the origin for the payments toward aggrieved parties stem from this concept.
The modern fee schedules inside the BGI can trace their origin to this ancient practice.

There are two ways to pay a particular kind of Indulgent Fee.   The first is to pre-purchase protection;  protection from admonishment or attack for your shortcomings through the use of “indulgence fees” paid to the BGI in a similar manner to how the “Mob Syndicate” charged for “protection”.    This is what Donald Sterling did for many, many years with advanced payment to the NAACP.

The second method is to pay “post sin”.   Meaning you pay the aggrieved party after you have committed the grievance.    The absolution comes after payment.   This is what’s currently going on with the NAACP negotiating with Donald Sterling for the most recent amount they will charge.
TERMS – Once a financial amount is determined the Black Grievance Industry leadership (Sharpton, Jackson, Jealous types) will instruct all the BGI franchise heads to cease and desist protest operations.

As Wall Street Journal Jason Riley explains of Donald Sterling’s current position:

“This is another example of how the civil rights movement has become an industry,” he explained. “You have groups like the NAACP, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, others, who basically go around the country shaking down corporations and individuals for money.”

“This man gave them money, and that’s what is most important to them,” he accused. “They claim to represent the interests of low-income, poor, underprivileged blacks. But this is more about lining their own pockets.” (read more)

Another recent example of a pre-determined “Indulgency Fee” can be found in a recent story about Jesse Jackson approaching Hewlett-Packard in California for payment and donations to his organization:

March 2014 – Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon Valley’s poor record of including blacks and Latinos.

[…]  “While we certainly agree that diversity is an important issue in corporate America, we’re puzzled by Rev. Jackson’s sudden interest in HP,” said HP executive vice president Henry Gomez in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. “Today, HP is the largest company in the world with both a female CEO and CFO and nearly half of our leadership team and Board of Directors are women and minorities. Additionally, nearly 50 years ago, HP established the first Minority Business Program in the United States.”  (read more)