dude, ever read any of the night watch series. basically it's about "others" who have special abilities to enter a second level of existence and who can do various things, some can shape shift, some can predict events/read reality lines.
but in it they have dark ones who work in their own interests and light others who work for normal humans and protectm them
to the point
when one side becomes too powerful the unintelligent force of the twilight, which is the second plane of existence, creates a 'mirror" which goes out and kills people to make sure the balance is kept.
I mean blacks were famous and some were powerful...but not that obama is going to be president..maybe... the universe is killing off thousands of lower level black celebrities to counterbalance it.