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chiming in
if any of you have seen the website hotghettomess then you will see where the "we gotta do better" mantra comes from. personally, its all a crock of s***. the author of the site has pictures of every ghetto-fied ignoramus with a computer and a camera phone. then she has a link to 'positive' images of black people to imply that "we have to do better". when i was prego with my son and on bedrest i came across her on judge judy. somebody sued the owner of HGM. the dude didnt win his case, but the owner's justification was that it wasn't offensive or derogatory but the shed light..blah blah blah.
the fact that blackexplotation network has a show on this does not surprise me. to show gospel music on sunday and contrast it with credit card sliding coons is indicative of the hot mess that BET has been and will always be. the fact that state farm and home depot have pulled their ads is a good thing. im not jumping for joy but it makes sense. state farm is supporting the 50 million pound challenge along with other groups. it would not be a good look to have them supporting HGM.
none of us should be surprised by anything BET does. they have been doing it for years. when hudlin came on board, i recall saying on i think the alpha's board that i will reserve my comments but i was hoping he would be a positive addition. i see that i am wrong. BET is being ruled by their parent company VIACOM so we should not expect anything but a more 'ethnic' version of the crap MTV puts out.
just my 2 cents.
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