The rate at which white people were (and are) cheated by the music industry is pretty epic, too. There is zero chance they would hold off on screwing an artist just because he/she was white.
True but there was an alignment of forces to screw the black people. Especially in the 50s and 60s. There was a lot of “hey that’s a great songs, here’s 10 buck, now we’re gonna have a white guy perform it and watch it go platinum.” Part of it was unwillingness to even try to market black artists, even after it had been proven their music would sell. Pat Boone’s whole career was built on that.