They sell protection to corporations and politicians. They tell politicians that in exchange for racial preferences and easy access to class-action lawsuits, they won't call the politician a racist and organize a riot in his district. Anyone who stands up to civil-rights leaders gets the brick through the window. For the most part, civil-rights leaders have found corporations and politicians easy pushovers. And politicians know that once Jesse has thrown his brick, they will never experience another press conference without a reporter asking if they beat their wife in addition to being a racist.
Politicians know, too, that the powerful victims groups stick together.
If blacks get on your case, the feminist and homosexual lobbies won't be far behind. You have to hand it to civil-rights leaders. They have made a much better business out of the protection racket than the old Mafia did. The Mafia was hampered by the fact that their shakedowns were seen for what they were. But Jesse's are seen as civil-rights enforcement.