Ive encountered this kind of questioning in regards to BET. A white man commented that if there was such a thing as a WET the NAACP would go crazy. But, as some pointed out on these boards, since in this country white is seen as the norm, and everything else is seen as the other, theres no need to call a station WET.We call it ABC or CBS or NBC instead (hence the recent brown outs and black outs). Just like in literature. If a character's race isnt identified its assumed the characters white.
i have no problem with calling BGLOs by that name just as I have no problem in being called a black woman. With the former we're recognizing that different systems exist outside of predominately white GLOs with their own traditions and cultures and standards.
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