After finally reading this letter in its entirety, I am APPALLED at what this company put out as a "rebuttal against a petition. To say that it is tasteless is an understatement. That letter is on the level of a pissed off kid or child like adult. There is no way a company, Black owned or not, should publish anything of that sort without having it reviewed for coherent language, coherent punctuation. Not only that but the "tone" of the letter is ridiculously harsh and had I not read it on the Soul Train website, I surely would have taken it for jest.
The letter could have very simply said:
The employees (or whatever) at Soul Train have received notification of the petition that is asking Soul Train to reconsider our selection of Ashanti as Aretha Franklin Entertainer of the Year. At Soul Train, we believe that our selection of Ashanti has merit based on her record sales, videos, concerts, etc. and her overall contribution to the music industry that Ashanti has in fact earned the title of Aretha Franklin and we are proud to honor this young artist. We appreciate the point of view of the inititator of the petition as well as those who have signed it, but we are going to proceed with Ashanti as entertainer of the Year.
Thank you
In that letter, they state their position, support it with evidence, and offer a conclusion. **Can you tell I teach English?** Also no where in that letter do they sound like the most IGNANT mofos in the world!! Nor do they dog out the folks who signed the petition or BET.
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