BET (Black Entertainment Television)

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Today I was sitting down watching some TV. I was flipping through the channels and i landed on BET. I watched it for a little bit until I saw a screen that flickered the message, "Black Star Power". I was like, WTF.

First of all, isn't having a black only TV station a little discriminatory? Second, whats up with this "Black Star Power" message? How come BET can put this on TV? Lets just think here for a second. What if there was a TV station that was called, WET (White Entertainment Television). They would be hearing, "Thats racist" left and right. Now lets add a white screen flickering the phrase, "White Star Power" and see what happens then. There would be TONS people complaining about it.

I just don't understand. How can BET put this on TV and not hear anything.

P.S. I am not racist at all. I just don't understand this.

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I love this channel..

nun wrong with callin it "Black Entertainment Television" its just because it has all Rap n RnB vidoes so its black music basically..

about the black power thing, i unno..

That's really funny...

I almost got in a fight just a couple weeks ago because I referred to someone as being "black"...

I wasn't using it as a derogatory term or anything...

Interesting.

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Wow, u must be young. BET has been a staple of the black community for years. I remember watching it when they had only half a day of programming. BET isn't the only African-American television station, and what about the Hispanic and other ethnic television network stations? Remember America home of the free. We are a nation made up of many ethnic backgrounds as one, that's what makes us so great. With so much negativity in the Black community, BET has been an outlet for many. "Black Star Power" is meant to show those who feel that all is lost that there is world for intelligent, positive African-Americans. Only recently has the network begun to stray away from this concept (ti##y, bootie shaking). Oh and by the way, FYI, BET is an subsidiary of Viacom, which in turn owns MTV, MTV2, VH1, Nickelodeon, etc.

Just something for u to chew on. :)

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That's really funny...

I almost got in a fight just a couple weeks ago because I referred to someone as being "black"...

I wasn't using it as a derogatory term or anything...

Interesting.

what's funny about it?

-u know, u can just say what u said now without quoting my post..

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they have latin tv stations too ya know? its just allowing other cultures to have they space in the media. i mean not to sound like im stereotyping but most if not all tv stations are owned by white america. i do believe that BET is the ONLY cable station that is owned by an african-american. and it caters to the black audience just like latin tv caters to the latin audience. same thing for russian and japanese channels. i can understand that seeing the words "black star power" would make you think its just as racists as having a WET but its not meant to cause an uprising or a to "squash the oppressor." and yeah it would be thought as racist to have white star power but hollywood is driven by white stars as a whole anyway.

edit: i guess is not owned by a black person but the new owner of the charlotte bobcats is definitely the CEO. I thought he owned it but maybe they "sold out to the man" lmao j/k.

edit2: robert johnson founded it and is ceo. he did sell it to viacom a few years back.

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Wow, u must be young. BET has been a staple of the black community for years. I remember watching it when they had only half a day of programming. BET isn't the only African-American television station, and what about the Hispanic and other ethnic television network stations? Remember America home of the free. We are a nation made up of many ethnic backgrounds as one, that's what makes us so great. With so much negativity in the Black community, BET has been an outlet for many. "Black Star Power" is meant to show those who feel that all is lost that there is world for intelligent, positive African-Americans. Only recently has the network begun to stray away from this concept (ti##y, bootie shaking). Oh and by the way, FYI, BET is an subsidiary of Viacom, which in turn owns MTV, MTV2, VH1, Nickelodeon, etc.

Just something for u to chew on. :)

But think of what would happen if you put White Star Power on a TV station just like i said. People would go apesh!t!!!!!

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Remember, Hollywood has been white dominiated for decades now. There's no need to state white star power because it's obvious. Look at the Oscars, Halle Berry got hers for playing a crack ###### while getting dug out by Harry Connick Jr., Denzel got his for being a crooked cop. Before that u had Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belfonte. Wow 4 over the course for how many years?

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Remember, Hollywood has been white dominiated for decades now. There's no need to state white star power because it's obvious. Look at the Oscars, Halle Berry got hers for playing a crack ###### while getting dug out by Harry Connick Jr., Denzel got his for being a crooked cop. Before that u had Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belfonte. Wow 4 over the course for how many years?

she wasnt a crack ###### nor was it harry connick jr.

she was a single mom with the father on death row being excuted by the man that "dug her out" billy bob thornton.

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"Black Star Power" is just there marketing term used to promote their programming (i think their movies in particular). This is not met to be discriminatory or derogatory. BET has programming that appeals to Black Culture. Its not met to put down other races or cultures. And if you actually watched the channel you would know its more than music videos.

Regular programming on NBC or ABC usually does not appeal to black people or people in urban environments, which is why the channel was invented (which btw is owned by Viacom). BET is not met to act as a replacement to "regular" programming, but perhaps as a supplement.

The black power thing ... I think you misinterpreted the message. Most African Americans strive for equality, not separation.

As far as getting in trouble for calling someone "black" .. it all depends who it was used and how it was said. Perhaps you can off wrong and the other person got offended. If you didn't mean it in a offensive way, it might of been easier to say "i didn't mean it in a disrespectful matter as opposed to arguing about it." Wither you were wrong or right, the other person was offended.

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most of the shows that cbs, nbc, abc, and fox broadcast are aimed at white males and most of the people on those shows are white males. that is their "white star power" and it's not gonna change. bet has their black oriented programming with black hosts, black acts - their "black star power." it's the same with we and oxygen; their programming is aimed a women. people have to go SOMEWHERE if they want to see something that the broadcast networks won't show.

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I'm pretty sure the only group that's not allowed to discriminate is the white male. It's the same thing at school here. We have latin-american clubs (their chant "latino pride" kinda reminds me of "white power"), black clubs, but never anything for white people because hey, white people are just baaaad. :sleep:

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I'm pretty sure the only group that's not allowed to discriminate is the white male. It's the same thing at school here. We have latin-american clubs (their chant "latino pride" kinda reminds me of "white power"), black clubs, but never anything for white people because hey, white people are just baaaad. :sleep:

Thats the stuff i'm getting at here. Why is it that if we have a "White Club" that all other races call us racist and discriminatory but they can have their own clubs?

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