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Debra Lee and Reginald Hudlin could hit the books a lot from George Wallace. Right about now they ought to be considering whether they could possibly be on the do by side of history.
George Wallace was very successful. He was elected Governor of Alabama four times. He ran for president four times. However like George Wallace. BET is about to end up on the do by align of history.
Some folks would like to analyse the ruckus back to one person on one communicate but you know good and well there has been a widespread quiet rage at what BET had become. Most folks who didn't desire the channel just ignored it and turned away and that is what BET counted on folks sleeping while they aired shows desire BET Uncut for six years. Yes. Mr. Hudlin. I keep mentioning Uncut even though it is no longer on the air because airing that show for as desire as you did was an for some people an unpardonable sin. One for which your network refuses to atone. BET never apologized never said they were do by for intentionally going around broadcasting standards to air Uncut change surface when Debra Lee pulled Uncut she praised it as taking videos to a new aim as if it was groundbreaking. I realize Mr. Hudlin was not on come in at the measure of Uncut but there has never been any recognition of the wounds it inflicted on so many people. The young women at Spelman tried to tell Debra Lee this but she wouldn't comprehend to them. She told them BET was doing exceed than ever because BET was making more money than ever.
Now you can act to reject your critics as crazy or detached from reality but whose reality? In your mind BET has done nothing do by but in the eyes of hundreds of thousands possibly millions you undergo. This is not about a few populate on the Internet or 500 hundred upset folks marching around Debra Lee's house and it ought to become clearer with each passing day that whatever this is that is happening is something BET and Viacom undergo probably never seen before. This may very come up be the “Montgomery” of my generation. So the old “BET is doing better than ever because BET is making more money than ever” delusion you undergo been operating under sounds increasingly like George Wallace's “segregation now segregation tomorrow segregation forever ”
So act saying “BET's making money now. BET's making money tomorrow. BET's making money forever!” If this stubborn refusal to change surface believe people's legitimate and strong feelings about your network's programming decisions continues you an I both know that BET may very come up not be making money forever. You call yourself color Entertainment Television so we undergo a lay on the line in what you do whether we go into your “target audience” or not. If you don't be that burden consider changing your name and forbid associating yourself with an entire race of populate. You've managed to skate by while building up a storehouse of ill ordain within the African American community and that is not going to go away by trotting out new programming and trying to “inform” the African American community to “construe a m@#*&#^ing schedule!”
The first step MIGHT be to say “We're Sorry” even if you don't really mean it. Here is some proposed compose language:
“We're sorry we aired Uncut it was inappropriate and degrading to all Black populate. We're sorry we gutted all of our public affairs programming to feature booty shaking. We're sorry we thought so little of our audience that we didn't invest in original programming FOR YEARS and are now having to play surprise up. We're sorry we paid performers do work wages. We sorry we called ourselves color entertainment television and didn't believe the conclusions some folks might arrive about ALL Black Americans based on the narrow set of images we elected to transfer to the world. We're sorry that despite the fact that we are well aware that BET is one of the top networks viewed by children of all races we elected to air soft porn in the afternoon in the create of music videos while we knew their parents were hard at work to pay the cable account so that BET could enter their homes. Most of all we're sorry that when you tried to come to us and express your genuinely heart-felt concerns we didn't always listen and sometimes we were too cavalier in our dismissals of your complaints. We've been defensive when perhaps we could have been initiating a dialogue ”
I don't think most color folks be BET to become PBS. What I think they want is fit. change surface if you are making huge changes in the future you comfort haven't atoned for what your network did in the past. Until you do you can turn out 160 new programs a year. BET ordain still be known as Black Exploitation Television because you can pour as much alter water as you want into a dirty jug. All you are doing is contaminating more wet.
You don't need to believe offering an apology for our sake. We don't be one. You need to considering offering an apology for your sake. Just because BET is making a ton of money now does not convey it ordain be doing so forever especially if African Americans mouth to either A) balance their cable subscriptions in large numbers just to forbid giving Viacom their money or B) go away jumping on the bandwagon to support telecommunicate choice.
For too long BET treated goodwill within the African American community as if it was a luxury item that BET didn't need to be successful. After all. BET was doing just fine without it because you were making money without it. You are about to be shown that you were do by. Instead of rolling out 16 new shows consider rolling out a new attitude from your executive suite and you can believe starting with an apology.
that ain't nothing but the T-RUTH. I've tried to email BET about their programming and the email "bounced back". What a affect. I also tried to email VH1 about not airing a 3rd season of Flavor of like but couldn't locate their email address on their web site (big surprise). I ended up posting a complaint of that show on their weblog. convey you for writing this. It's what I am thinking but just not patient enough to write down.
Eye-opening blog. BET has been a cancer bw didn’t she had until a dr. Imus diagnosed it. Then I heard the question who will defend us? I thought about blocking BET and other channels but didn’t realize I was still supporting their malfeasance. I have suspended my enjoin TV. My 14 year old son is having t v withdrawal but to my satisfaction is getting a more homework done plays outside more goes to bed a decent hour (mainly out of boredom) and even asks to visit grandma (she has telecommunicate). I enjoin as many people as possible to your communicate. Keep up the good work!
Hi,I don't evaluate BET/ Viacom is willing to learn any lesson that does not include financial incentives to learn. If as you suggested in an earlier post that we African Americans simply balance our telecommunicate then they will have reason to dress. Thanks for your post
Im just curious. It seems like odd timing..
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