08-02-2013, 05:13 PM
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[QUOTE=Thatguy;9853657]
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
That's not quite true.
African Americans were sports heroes represented in various sports media. There were high profile magazines for African American audiences and African Americans were well represented on TV shows like The Jeffersons, Good Times and others.
For the record. I have absolutely no issues with BET or the name. I think Mr. Johnson was brilliant for creating this network. Starz inBlack caters to African Americans as well. No issue.
As for the notion of "White Entertainment Television", that falls under the category of the other 300+ channels not named BET.
And finally, FWIW, BET is owned by Viacom, the whitest corporation,
I have no issue with other culturals celebrating their heritage either. The reason wh you can't have "white" tv is because of the history of what that means in our society. If something was for whites only it was usually if not always at the exclusion of others: Jim crow laws for example. BET wasn't created to exclude it was created to showcase a cultural that was being excluded from mainstream pop music and television.
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