Is it me or does BET seem to look more and more like a minstrel show? Every time I look at it I get kind of offended. They say it's ran by black folks but it looks like the channel that white people think black people wanna see. It's like they say "Well, we know they like Hip-Hop and R&B so throw some of that on there and the rest we'll just take from MTV and add all black characters." When I was little I loved BET, I used to watch Rap City when Joe Clair and Big Lez were hosting and trip off Video Soul with Donnie Simpson. Most of what the show was videos as a matter of fact. They had Video Vibrations and Caribbean Rhythms with that thick island chick Rachel(I think that was her name). Comic View was my stuff too when D.L. Hughley was hosting. Back then the whole weekend was infomercials, but they stuck to what they knew was entertaining to black people. We even had that little news show with Tavis Smiley and all that. Nowadays you turn to BET and see Frankie and Neffe, we all know it's like turning on the TV and seeing them cousins you don't really claim. They got College Hill, tha show that makes it look like even when we pursue a degree we still gotta be a dumb nigga about it. Theses shows and a lot that I ain't even gonna mention are like the reinforcement of all stereotypes white people have of us. I feel like white people watch it and say "See, I told you they act like that". I hate turning on my television and seeing niggaz act stupid. We gotta do better, that's why Chappelle and The Boondocks never made it on there. As a matter of fact The Boondocks have two episodes dedicated to how BET has turned into Black Ignorant Television. I understand that they do things in an attempt to uplift us like church programs and what not but they make the real money on 106 and Park and all them videos of us coonin' and bafoonin'. Not sayin' that all the music videos on there are bad but HIP HOP is dumbing down every day and BET embraces that. I'm kinda done with it now leave a comment and give me your take on it
I am glad to know I am not the only one offended by BET. The name of it is is misleading because I doubt most black people feel entertained by the programs they choose to show. I feel that BET only perpetuates negative stereotypes about us and I refuse to participate :) I have not watched BET since 2004 - for real.
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