QuoteBET Refused To Air 2015 Million Man March To Avoid Offending White Viewers
Black Entertainment Television recently came under fire for not airing the Million Man March?s 20th year reunion held in Washington, D.C. on October 15th. People across social networks expressed their voices against BET?s decision to dismiss this year?s Million Man March. ?It is truly a disgrace that BET would not even acknowledge the Million Man March but they got Nelly Meth smokin? self on the channel? says Twitter member.
This year?s Million Man March marked the 20th year anniversary since the original march took place. Organized by Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan, men of color gathered together to declare ?Justice Or Else? during a time of police brutality and murders of unarmed black and hispanic men in the recent few months. It was estimated that 1.5 million people participated in the march across D.C.
BET, known as Black Entertainment Television, refuse to acknowledge or air the Million Man March. BET released a statement days later:
We decided not to air the Million Man March beacuse we are working towards racial equality and to end division among whites and blacks. Although we understand the reasoning behind the Million Man March led by the Honorable Minster Louis Farrakhan, we can stand behind a theme that is ?Justice or Else?. The ideology behind the theme encourages violence towards whites and we do not condone violent acts of terror against whites or any other races. We started as a black entertainment television company but now we have moved forward and we have viewers of the white community we wish not to offend by airing the Million Man March?
After releasing their explanation, BET insiders have told us that they have received hundreds of hate mail and many have threatened to boycott the channel. ?I don?t see what the problem is. White people are our biggest audience and I think it would be idiotic for to offend them. We as blacks should stop walking around with chips on our shoulders and stop being sensitive. Why focus so much on race when our president is a brother? says BET producer, Jarvis Robinson.
QuoteWhite people are our biggest audience and I think it would be idiotic for to offend them.
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I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
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Smh. Ever since Debra Lee took over shit ain't been the same
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:04:39 AM
QuoteWhite people are our biggest audience and I think it would be idiotic for to offend them.
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wow
wow is it called WET? :ohwow:
That is disgusting
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:04:39 AM
QuoteWhite people are our biggest audience and I think it would be idiotic for to offend them.
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Since when :plzstop:
It would make sense that the majority of viewers are white.
I mean look how many of them support hip hop, etc.
White people luh us :cheerup: lolz
for entertainment :udontlookok:
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 08:05:15 AM
I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
Yeah they basically minimized the entire movement to a violent act of terror against the few hundred white people who occasionally watch a movie rerun on BET.
And that producer's statement is too silly to even acknowledge.
Well they're owned by whites
I dont see how this new march is offensive even the original got national coveragesl
Smh blacks get on my nerves
They are owned by whites so I have no expectation from BET. However, stating that we have a black president as a defense for not airing is a lousy excuse, especially when race issues has been worst since Obama took office. I understand they want to have a more diversified audience but you still carry the name "Black Entertainment". So as long as that name sticks, covering issues in black culture should still be its misson. If not simply change the name.
What Ive summed up from this statement is simple. Whites are not offended when they see you at the worst end of hip hop culture. Be as hood, ghetto, ratchet as you like because they tune in for that! But.....seeing you uniformed, standing for something, speaking with intelligence and about real issues may make them tune away.
They need to understand the difference between support and covering. You can cover a story and remain neutral. N after explain why you dont support.
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:15:19 AM
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 08:05:15 AM
I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
Yeah they basically minimized the entire movement to a violent act of terror against the few hundred white people who occasionally watch a movie rerun on BET.
And that producer's statement is too silly to even acknowledge.
:dead: :dead:
:plzstop:
I honestly think BET is eventually going to simply acknowledge its acronym and drop what it actually stands for . I see it headed in that direction. And honestly I can understand
that. We're no longer in a time where blacks are scarce on TV. But we have yet to see whether this whole wave of black sitcoms and dramas is simply a trend or not.
They need to give it 5-10 more years before they start ripping pieces of black out of BET.
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Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 09:10:21 AM
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:15:19 AM
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 08:05:15 AM
I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
Yeah they basically minimized the entire movement to a violent act of terror against the few hundred white people who occasionally watch a movie rerun on BET.
And that producer's statement is too silly to even acknowledge.
:dead: :dead:
:plzstop:
I honestly think BET is eventually going to simply acknowledge its acronym and drop what it actually stands for . I see it headed in that direction. And honestly I can understand that. We're no longer in a time where blacks are scarce on TV. But we have yet to see whether this whole wave of black sitcoms and dramas is simply a trend or not.
They need to give it 5-10 more years before they start ripping pieces of black out of BET.
Totally agree. Just change the name. I wouldnt be mad.
Quote from: GYNandTONIC on October 29, 2015, 09:18:51 AM
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 09:10:21 AM
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:15:19 AM
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 08:05:15 AM
I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
Yeah they basically minimized the entire movement to a violent act of terror against the few hundred white people who occasionally watch a movie rerun on BET.
And that producer's statement is too silly to even acknowledge.
:dead: :dead:
:plzstop:
I honestly think BET is eventually going to simply acknowledge its acronym and drop what it actually stands for . I see it headed in that direction. And honestly I can understand that. We're no longer in a time where blacks are scarce on TV. But we have yet to see whether this whole wave of black sitcoms and dramas is simply a trend or not.
They need to give it 5-10 more years before they start ripping pieces of black out of BET.
Totally agree. Just change the name. I wouldnt be mad.
:cheerup:
im kind of pissed
the network is god awful anyway.......
steven hill and debra mills (whatever her name is) need to be fired and replaced with someone that can actually bring great black programming
Jarvis Robinson can't have a functioning brain
Is this fuckin real?
Quote from: SUPREME on October 29, 2015, 08:18:20 AM
Well they're owned by whites
Exactly! This is why you don't hand your business over to white people.
Quote from: BigDawg on October 29, 2015, 08:11:01 AM
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:04:39 AM
QuoteWhite people are our biggest audience and I think it would be idiotic for to offend them.
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wow
J
Since when :plzstop:
!!!!
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:04:39 AM
QuoteWhite people are our biggest audience and I think it would be idiotic for to offend them.
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wow
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EBT gir plea!
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:uhh:
:dead:
Sad, but it's not shocking
They're owned by whites. Tbh, they need to just do away with it.
I've always thought EBT was a way to influence Black America from within it's own trends.
Just thinking about all the programming on there that young black ppl have seen and taken in .... ultimately guided by white ppl. It's a control mechanism.
thy couldn't pull the strings quietly when they saw "Justice or Else" tho :dead:
not overlooking the most monumental example of peaceful protest of the 'black man' to suit the comfort levels of whites.
fckn ROT.
Being that BET is a Viacom company..
I do kind of wish no stars show up at the next BET awards. :justabit:
That woukd be edgy as fuck!!!!! Lmfao
Quote from: GYNandTONIC on October 29, 2015, 09:18:51 AM
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 09:10:21 AM
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:15:19 AM
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 08:05:15 AM
I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
Yeah they basically minimized the entire movement to a violent act of terror against the few hundred white people who occasionally watch a movie rerun on BET.
And that producer's statement is too silly to even acknowledge.
:dead: :dead:
:plzstop:
I honestly think BET is eventually going to simply acknowledge its acronym and drop what it actually stands for . I see it headed in that direction. And honestly I can understand that. We're no longer in a time where blacks are scarce on TV. But we have yet to see whether this whole wave of black sitcoms and dramas is simply a trend or not.
They need to give it 5-10 more years before they start ripping pieces of black out of BET.
Totally agree. Just change the name. I wouldnt be mad.
Whats wrong with the name have they convinced u that black entertainment is wrong?
Wow, so if we don't even have "our network" to turn to then afckn WHO!?!? i have fckn NEVER! Not BLACK entertainment television not airing something for fear of getting whitey mad :dead:
Did TV1 cover any of it because they are a black owned network...
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 08:05:15 AM
I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
its just weird because ... Did they forget what BET stands for in the first place? It's sad
QuoteI understand they want to have a more diversified audience but you still carry the name "Black Entertainment". So as long as that name sticks, covering issues in black culture should still be its misson. If not simply change the name.
period
Quote from: BigDawg on October 29, 2015, 08:11:01 AM
Quote from: ANIMMAI on October 29, 2015, 08:04:39 AM
QuoteWhite people are our biggest audience and I think it would be idiotic for to offend them.
n
wow
J
Since when :plzstop:
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They are out of it.
Quote from: RIG on October 29, 2015, 03:03:33 PM
Quote from: Herbie on October 29, 2015, 08:05:15 AM
I'm torn on this one.
Based on this article, I can understand why BET may be moving toward a more neutral (but not necessarily totally neutral) stance on something like this. But I have to do my own research on what this Million March stands for before I can totally be for or against this move.
I'm quite sure it's about more than encouraging violence against white people. :plzstop:
its just weird because ... Did they forget what BET stands for in the first place? It's sad
this wouldn't be the first time that a network strayed away from its core mission to an extent in order to bring in or retain broader audiences.
I think it's just that this station holds such an emotional place in our hearts because of obvious reasons. So many of us hold it to a more stringent standard when it comes to making sure the mission remains the same.
But from a business perspective, i totally get it.
idk if BET fits its name. I would find it very reductive and weird to basically have an urban VH1 be the poster child network for black people.
BET was owned by a black man but Viacom paid him 3 BILLION dollars for it
Quote from: asdfghjkl on October 29, 2015, 05:54:00 PM
BET was owned by a black man but Viacom paid him 3 BILLION dollars for it
oh shit
That is basic knowledge, I would have thought. He is one of the only African American self made billionaires, they included him on some MTV docu-series I remember.
Actually I don't even think if BET today would be worth that much, so it was not a bad deal.
*rolls eyes*
It's all a part of the plan. They don't want us to unite.
Quote from: asdfghjkl on October 29, 2015, 06:04:03 PM
Quote from: Miranda on October 29, 2015, 06:00:01 PM
That is basic knowledge
It is ? :uhh:
I would have assumed so. I always connect BET with it creating I think the only male black billionaire in entertainment until Dr. Dre.
ridiculous.