That last sentence defines 'leverage'. Success and wealth only strengthens it. This seems to be a reoccurring theme throughout Hollywood. It's not just blacks, but seems nearly everyone. I like Denzel Washington movies.... Steve Harvey gets it....... We all hope they survive the Hollywood culture though. It's brutal. To think I, at one time, use to think James Caan and Kevin Spacey were upright individuals... It's all a painted facade for our consumption. To be famous in Hollywood seems to require 'Right think' and then accepting a Faustian Bargain... ask Bob Dylan.... Ergo, to be successful it appears that passing certain initiations must be made before the doors of perception are opened. Have you ever saw the Ronald Bernard interview? It's very telling.....