Pastor and Project H.O.O.D. founder Corey Brooks says Americans ignore common sense solutions on race relations because of the the benefits elite groups get from treating a ‘formerly oppressed’ people as ‘forever oppressed’. Pastor and Project H.O.O.D. founder Corey Brooks says Americans ignore common sense solutions on race relations because of the the benefits elite groups get from treating a ‘formerly oppressed’ people as ‘forever oppressed’.