01
Music and performance extraction
Creative forms monetized while originators were underpaid, copied, or dispossessed.
Base
$150B
Current
$150B
Since Base
$0
Today
$20M
Per Second
$232/sec
Category Share
30.0%
Final Total Due
$14,000,000,000,000
The national invoice remains visible while this page isolates the live values inside one category.
Total Clock
Added Today
$1.87B
Per Second
$21.6K/sec
Scenario
5%
Category 10
Cultural Extraction
Black music, style, language, athletic labor, inventions, aesthetics, religious expression, and creative genius monetized without full ownership.
Base Principal
$500B
Current Value
$500B
Since Base
$0
Added Today
$66.8M
Per Second
$773/sec
Share of Total
3.6%
Category Breakdown
Live line items inside this category.
These sub-line items make up the category total and update using the same date-anchored equation as the main invoice.
02
Athletic labor and spectacle
Black athletic excellence converted into institutional revenue and cultural value.
Base
$100B
Current
$100B
Since Base
$0
Today
$13.4M
Per Second
$155/sec
Category Share
20.0%
03
Style, language, and aesthetics
Cultural expression treated as profitable once detached from Black ownership.
Base
$90B
Current
$90B
Since Base
$0
Today
$12M
Per Second
$139/sec
Category Share
18.0%
04
Inventions and intellectual contribution
Technical, artistic, political, and civic ideas extracted, copied, or denied proper credit.
Base
$90B
Current
$90B
Since Base
$0
Today
$12M
Per Second
$139/sec
Category Share
18.0%
05
Religious and culinary traditions
Spiritual, culinary, and communal practices monetized or absorbed into American identity.
Base
$70B
Current
$70B
Since Base
$0
Today
$9.35M
Per Second
$108/sec
Category Share
14.0%
Calculation
Current value = base principal × (1 + annual rate)elapsed years
The page uses the same base valuation date as the main dashboard: January 1, 2026. Changing the scenario adjusts the annual accrual rate for the national total, the selected category, and every category sub-line item.