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Originally posted by PositivelyAKA:
i think BET sucks. i'm all for a little comedy. but its mainly foolish shows showing blacks in a stereotypical role, its not helping us to portray positive images, however televsion is a business and if people are willing to watch these programs then they BET/Viacom will continue to produce them. What we need is a network owned by say Bill Cosby etc. that would show a variety of shows with us covering the whole spectrum not just the ghetto mentality we see on BET all the time.
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Hi everybody! All of yall have very valid points to make.
Bill Cosby HAD HIS CHANCE. He had attempted to purchase NBC some years ago, but bailed out(for whatever reason). His problem reflects the overall problem of our people in this country: we don't stick together. Had Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey,Michael Jackson, Mr. Johnson, and a host of other wealthy African-Americans
joined forces(and dollars), we could've had our own, non-cable, major network. It would have afforded us the luxury of making our own movies-regardless of what level each of us are on. It would've made a statement about the real purchasing power of our people. Every college student in America that majors in communications, journalism, and other professions would have had a real motivation to learn their craft, and a real place to aim for in terms of where they wanted to work.