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So yeah BET....
    #7482795 - 10/03/07 09:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I was just wondering something today. So BET is supposed to be "Black Entertainment Television" but how come they only play RnB/Soul/Rap/Gospel? I mean there are black artists in rock/blues/country/etc etc, but they don't get air time on the station that's supposed to be "For Blacks, By Blacks"

Ok so those genre's aren't as popular for black people, but how do you know if you don't play it. I just find it odd that Nsync and J-Lo got more airplay than say Lenny Kravitz (After he became more alternative mind you, I'm sure they played his earlier stuff) and Justin Timberlake is all over the station because he does Pop/RnB.

I mean the concept of BET I guess was okay at the time, having something for our own. I just always wondered how mad us as black people would get if they made a White Entertainment Television (WET). Al Sharpton wouldn't be to happy about that now would he?

Since BET and MTV are both ran by the same people now anyway (And show nothing but reality shows and hardly anything worth watching anymore) I think they've been going downhill. I just never figured out how, if it's supposed to be "Black Entertainment" why all forms of black entertainers weren't embraced.

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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Mocha Bear]
    #7482828 - 10/03/07 09:26 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Heh, wet. That would be a funny name for a tv network.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Lily_Morgan]
    #7482840 - 10/03/07 09:30 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

BET is ran by old white men who want to spread current stereotypes of blacks even farther.

Duh.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Lily_Morgan]
    #7482859 - 10/03/07 09:35 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)
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BET is a racist network that hurts legitimate civil rights causes. They portray people with black skin in a negative light and perpetuate the xenophobic 'us and them' mentality that causes racism to begin with. There is no reason that people with black or white skin should need different entertainment. The only reason somebody would want to watch people of only their skin color is if they are a racist.

Why dont they embrace other black performers? I assume its the same reason MTV only plays a limited genre of music. There is a whole world of music out there they both ignore completely. Why? Because the viewers of those networks are more interested in sex then music, imo. Fuck both of those channels, I never pay for or watch that shit.

EDIT - Here is some great music, made by a black person, you will never see on BET


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: DoorsFan]
    #7482867 - 10/03/07 09:37 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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DoorsFan said:
BET is ran by old white men who want to spread current stereotypes of blacks even farther.

Duh.


I wouldn't be surprised, and the youth eat it up (to their own detriment)


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: DoorsFan]
    #7482874 - 10/03/07 09:39 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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BET is ran by old white men who want to spread current stereotypes of blacks even farther.

Duh.




and thats a fact


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: DieCommie]
    #7482889 - 10/03/07 09:42 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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DieCommie said:
BET is a racist network that hurts legitimate civil rights causes. They portray people with black skin in a negative light and perpetuate the xenophobic 'us and them' mentality that causes racism to begin with. There is no reason that people with black or white skin should need different entertainment. The only reason somebody would want to watch people of only their skin color is if they are a racist.

Why don't they embrace other black performers? I assume its the same reason MTV only plays a limited genre of music. There is a whole world of music out there they both ignore completely. Why? Because the viewers of those networks are more interested in sex then music, IMO. Fuck both of those channels, I never pay for or watch that shit.




I agree and I don't think they realize (Or even care for that matter) how much power they hold over the young black generation today. Seeing that most video's on there depict black women in a not so positive light and that most of the black men on the station are promoting materialism is sad.

The thing is they say "If we don't do it that way, we won't sell", yet I see the one's who actually try to do something different not get played AT ALL! I'm seeing more and more people around my town trying to portray what they see on that station.

Every kid wants to be a rapper although they don't realize that it is a BUSINESS and those rappers don't live like they portray but the rims speak louder than the music in most cases.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Mocha Bear]
    #7483209 - 10/03/07 11:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Ever since they got rid of Al they have gone down hill.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: DieCommie]
    #7483233 - 10/03/07 11:14 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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BET is a racist network that hurts legitimate civil rights causes.  They portray people with black skin in a negative light and perpetuate the xenophobic 'us and them' mentality that causes racism to begin with.  There is no reason that people with black or white skin should need different entertainment.  The only reason somebody would want to watch people of only their skin color is if they are a racist.

Why dont they embrace other black performers?  I assume its the same reason MTV only plays a limited genre of music.  There is a whole world of music out there they both ignore completely.  Why?  Because the viewers of those networks are more interested in sex then music, imo.  Fuck both of those channels, I never pay for or watch that shit.





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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: DieCommie]
    #7483304 - 10/03/07 11:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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DieCommie said:
I assume its the same reason MTV only plays a limited genre of music. There is a whole world of music out there they both ignore completely. Why? Because the viewers of those networks are more interested in sex then music, imo. Fuck both of those channels, I never pay for or watch that shit.




to be honest
i used to watch MTV for some of their shows
definitely not the music choice
i watched Fuse for music
except nowadays Fuse is starting to become MTV


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Mocha Bear]
    #7483331 - 10/03/07 11:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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tclsc03 said:
Quote:

DieCommie said:
BET is a racist network that hurts legitimate civil rights causes. They portray people with black skin in a negative light and perpetuate the xenophobic 'us and them' mentality that causes racism to begin with. There is no reason that people with black or white skin should need different entertainment. The only reason somebody would want to watch people of only their skin color is if they are a racist.

Why don't they embrace other black performers? I assume its the same reason MTV only plays a limited genre of music. There is a whole world of music out there they both ignore completely. Why? Because the viewers of those networks are more interested in sex then music, IMO. Fuck both of those channels, I never pay for or watch that shit.




I agree and I don't think they realize (Or even care for that matter) how much power they hold over the young black generation today. Seeing that most video's on there depict black women in a not so positive light and that most of the black men on the station are promoting materialism is sad.

The thing is they say "If we don't do it that way, we won't sell", yet I see the one's who actually try to do something different not get played AT ALL! I'm seeing more and more people around my town trying to portray what they see on that station.

Every kid wants to be a rapper although they don't realize that it is a BUSINESS and those rappers don't live like they portray but the rims speak louder than the music in most cases.




Thats the thing they do realize the power they have...Thats why they release stupid shit like ay bay bay, soulja boy and other...well... Nignog clubhit music.

I dont men that to be racist I mean that in its own sense.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Mocha Bear]
    #7484514 - 10/04/07 11:20 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Seriously, what about jazz????


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: meatcakeman]
    #7484567 - 10/04/07 11:36 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Comicview can be pretty funny sometimes, but then they have the dumb dudes that aren't funny. But they got like 90% funny. A few years ago they had a show hits from the street with that dude Al was fucking hillarious(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790412/) They suck now, so does most the channels. Rob and big on MTV and Adventures in hollyhood are pretty funny too.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Mocha Bear]
    #7484570 - 10/04/07 11:37 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

fucking bet, i hate that shit.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Mocha Bear]
    #7484576 - 10/04/07 11:38 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I like watching BET because even the commercials are almost all black people. Not only that, but I've seen some commercials where the company logo and jingle have been changed to have more soul!


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Stizzle]
    #7484632 - 10/04/07 11:56 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Like Mcdonalds. You know goosebumps hasa rap beat I watched that shit last nite stoned.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Lily_Morgan]
    #7484726 - 10/04/07 12:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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Lily_Morgan said:
Heh, wet. That would be a funny name for a tv network.




Def, but you know we wouldn't get away with that because it is "racist"


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Psy Baba]
    #7484758 - 10/04/07 12:26 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

They should make tv for everybody. And there are already is white tv; CBS, NBC, FOX etc..


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Nemo_Hoes]
    #7484776 - 10/04/07 12:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

But its not called "white news."

only blacks can get away with titling something Specifically for them, and nobody else.

I'm not saying I would like to have segregated TV. I am saying its not cool for one group to be able to get away with it and not another.

For example. Back in high school our track team's jerseys said on the back "brown pride". Now 95% of the track team was mexican, and that didn't bother me. So I went home and made a shirt that said "white pride" not "power" or anything that would suggest a hierarchy. The same day I got suspended for it.

BS.


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Re: So yeah BET.... [Re: Psy Baba]
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