Greetings Sorors and friends. Let’s face it the real reason for BET having this so-called Step Competition is just to raise their ratings. I might be old school, but I know a pile of stuff when I smell it. BET has long since abandoned its concern for the black youth in America. I have nothing against Rap; it’s a very creative art form. However, you can’t live on it 24/7, and that’s what being pumped into our kids. I’ve been teaching them for some time now. How much booty call can you take? Don’t answer that question; I really don’t want to know.
Originally, I had planned to go to the taping of the show; I live in NYC, in spite of the so-called boycotting of BET. And I read a piece that was place on the chat that was an April Fool joke about the changes that BET had made in it’s programming. I got to thinking that I really didn’t need to support something that I didn’t agree with.
Again, we’ve been had. I remember seeing the call up for step teams to participate in the show. The ad stated that the show would give our organizations an opportunity to share some of the projects and community service activities that we spearhead or participate in. Alas, this was not the case. I watched spokes people having to rush through their spiel just so their team had time to step. Here we go looking like all our organizations do is step. This is too much for me. I’ve had it with BET. If you want to see real shows, go to Step Correct or buy a video, leave BET alone.
And that's my
22 cents