am i the only one embarrassed by BET

Originally Posted by lustlover07

stacy's looking as beautiful as always

Originally Posted by lustlover07

i havent seen BET in years. ive had a general dislike of it for a long time as the intelligence level slowly dropped, but after they showed this:

YouTube - Read A Book

i officially hated BET. it was almost funny how they played it, as if it were a public service announcement. i understand the social commentary, but it still infuriates me that a television network seen by many as a broad brushstroke of african american culture endorsed this in any way.

Originally Posted by flame boy

It would seem that Aaron McGruder, creator of fantastic "The Boondocks" would agree that BET isn't up to much. The link below is to a banned episode which featured Huey going on a hunger strike against BET.

Boondocks - Hunger Strike

Originally Posted by Nick4444

still working on being black, but, yeah, thoroughly embarassed

Originally Posted by marleyisalegend

it's interesting when you think about the appeal. obviously somebody is watching the smutty programming because it stays on the air, but i wonder, does the dumbinb down of america=the duming down of tv or is it vice versa

Originally Posted by ChockoKittie

Thanks for the link! I have never heard of the video or knew there was a controversy around it. I can't believe BET considered the playing of this video an opportunity to mitigate the effect on youths of a decade of videos glorifying foolishness. *Sigh*

ugh, taking this as a sign, I have too many books (7) and totally off rand journals (2) to finish reading this weekend...

Originally Posted by lustlover07

yeah i havent watched BET since they showed that. im suprised (but not THAT suprised...) that the BET viewers didnt see that for what it was. it was basically a slap in the face to anyone who watched BET programming! BET propogates everything that the video was speaking out against, and then they have the nerve to turn around and show that video as if they genuinely give a damn about the intelligence or social status of any of their viewers. its like a drug dealer insulting their customers for doing drugs! you could look at the shows that aired before and after that "public service announcement" and see BET's true view on the matter. they dont want people to stop watching their crap or buying into whatever shiny overpriced thing they feel like hyping at the moment. i hope playing that soothed their conscious, because apart from that it was worthless.

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Originally Posted by marleyisalegend

i LOVE boondocks. their overexaggeration of stereotypes is ingenius. i loved the "praise white jesus episode"

Originally Posted by lustlover07

hahaha the boondocks is my show. i love that episode too , its funny though how some of my friends and family like that show and in the back of my head im thinking "they probably dont understand that some of the episodes are talking about them lol." i think they just like hearing the word 'nigga' in a cartoon

Originally Posted by lustlover07

hahaha the boondocks is my show. i love that episode too , its funny though how some of my friends and family like that show and in the back of my head im thinking "they probably dont understand that some of the episodes are talking about them lol." i think they just like hearing the word 'nigga' in a cartoon

Originally Posted by VinylBoy

What's even more interesting is how they won't bleep out the N word, but will bleep out the word "faggot". Interesting to say the least.

But back on topic. BET is a joke. Just about everything they show is an embarrassment and/or contradiction to what they truly stand for.