OH.... MY...... GOD.......!!!!
I think we all need to start a new petition ASAP. The purpose of it will be to fire everyone in the public/media relations department as well as everyone in the editing department at Soul Train. Y'all just don't understand that after I read the response, I just KNEW that it was NOT representative of Soul Train. That is until I clicked on a few of the other links and to my HORROR, I realized that this is the real thing. This is disturbing on so many levels. I'll only comment on three.
1. GRAMMAR. Ok, I, have never, seen so many, misplaced commas, in my life (please note the sarcasm in using all these commas. I'm not a hypocrite). I mean, someone is obsessive compulsive with the commas. There's just no need for all that. Then, what's up with all the runonrunonrunonrunon sentences? And PLEASE don't use "big" words incorrectly.
2. TONE. I felt like I was reading a 5th grader's response to what one of her two-faced(ed, lol) girlfriends wrote about her in her slam book (y'all remember those?). How many times can you use the words "stupid", "idiot" and "moron" and still consider your article to be professional? And this last line ... "I'm a _______ loser, I'm not talented or successful, I don't know ____ about the music industry and I need to get a _______life!!" I won't even waste my time commenting on it. Lawwwd, help them now.
3. CONTINUITY. I'll let the quotes do the talking.
First they say:
What looms as even more strange, under the circumstances, but not totally unexpected, is the fact that white-owned BET.com, a notable subsidiary of white-owned Black Entertainment Television (BET), is, currently, not only providing, ongoing, publicity to this Internet farce but white-owned BET.com has, quite inexplicably so, also volunteered itself as a provider of link-up information services for any BET.com visitors wishing to become signers of the hate petition involved, by, openly and deliberately, directing such visitors to www.petitiononline.com; thus adding weight and to some degree, its own, unique, credibility to the purposeful and gratuitous "Black on Black" hatred being circulated.
Can you believe that's all ONE sentence??? Then...
...and the managers of an organization, so soul-music-connected, such as white-owned BET or BET.com, whichever you prefer, and which so voraciously devours music videos from artists like Ashanti, as the main source of its overall programming concept, is, most certainly, aware of the absolute fact that, in terms of her achievements and successes, during the past, approximately 1 year period, Ashanti, clearly, ranks far ahead of any other African-American, female solo artist or music group.
And the contradiction commences....
For the record, we have the utmost respect for BET and all that its talented management team has accomplished, but the fact remains, however, that no person or entity, not even BET, can "have it both ways." We, therefore, must extend to you, BET, albeit, with a kind and admiring heart, our gravest admonishment, for your, ostensibly, loving Black recording artists, such as Ashanti, for providing BET with their exciting music videos and generally, supporting your programming channel and all of its special music programming and Awards specials.
Either be upset about it and talk ish or don't. As y'all can see, this article bothered me to the utmost and I could care less about Ashanti, BET or Soul Train. Bad writing, however, is inexcusable.
**Eliminated the cussing which is why I only had a link to the article.
~~CT4