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Quote from: Islamic Khalifah Sultan Abdul Hamid- 1908- on April 06, 2006, 01:33:42 PMQuote from: Dat Nigga Ted aka The 10th Nazgűl on April 06, 2006, 11:28:30 AMThat's what he does. He's a business man. Him selling it was just an indirect action that led to what BET is today.What are you talking about? "That's what he does". So if an Italian Mobster takes one of your family members hostage and charges ransom for her. It's all good because "That's what he does".That's not a sufficient excuse for selling out your people. He was already a rich and successful business man, he didn't have to sell BET to Viacom. And don't say "indirect" either; since he sold the network, they got rid of Tavis Smiley, BET Tonight, Teen Summit (Their intellectual programming) and instead they added more programs that exploit their race as being nothing but materialistic, ignorant, sex-objects. I agree for the most part....he might be a business man, but if you wanna say it like that, then that means he's just living up to the stereotypes of a business man, meaning he has no ethics or values. He definitely had enough money, and he could have sold it to a group of black investors or anyone else, even if he didn't make as much money. It just shows that he values money a lot more than the impact and effect that what he created has and will have on the black youth. I wouldn't put ALL the blame on him, but he should have known that it would happen like it did.
Quote from: Dat Nigga Ted aka The 10th Nazgűl on April 06, 2006, 11:28:30 AMThat's what he does. He's a business man. Him selling it was just an indirect action that led to what BET is today.What are you talking about? "That's what he does". So if an Italian Mobster takes one of your family members hostage and charges ransom for her. It's all good because "That's what he does".That's not a sufficient excuse for selling out your people. He was already a rich and successful business man, he didn't have to sell BET to Viacom. And don't say "indirect" either; since he sold the network, they got rid of Tavis Smiley, BET Tonight, Teen Summit (Their intellectual programming) and instead they added more programs that exploit their race as being nothing but materialistic, ignorant, sex-objects.
That's what he does. He's a business man. Him selling it was just an indirect action that led to what BET is today.
And Infinite; that mobster example is stupid.
Viacom is responsible for ruining BET since they took over control of the network, not the previous owner. For all we know, we may not know the details of the deal and the Viacom execs may have promised to keep the network going in that direction. We all know corporate execs are slimy human beings. Instead of being responsible and promoting quality African American programming, Viacom took the cheap route, and put on stereotypical garbage shows. That's what you expect from Viacom though, they've got nothing but trash out.
Quote from: -Sikotic- on April 06, 2006, 06:02:03 PMViacom is responsible for ruining BET since they took over control of the network, not the previous owner. For all we know, we may not know the details of the deal and the Viacom execs may have promised to keep the network going in that direction. We all know corporate execs are slimy human beings. Instead of being responsible and promoting quality African American programming, Viacom took the cheap route, and put on stereotypical garbage shows. That's what you expect from Viacom though, they've got nothing but trash out.No, the blame is with Robert Johnson. You can't have a network called Black Entertainment Television and then sell it to whites (who have been the historical oppressor of blacks). Do you think Arabs would allow an Arab Entertainment Television station in Jerusalam to be ran by the Jews? And what kind of content would a station like that carry?
I'm not a non-black, but I used to watch Rap City sometimes. But ever since they refused to air Little Brother's video because it was "too intelligent" for their audiences, I've stopped watching B.E.T. entirely. I agree with all that's been said in this thread...it's become too exploitative, and it just furthers degrading stereotypes. Granted, I doubt I'd watch ANY music channel given the nature of most rap videos these days, but B.E.T. is definitely amongst the worst.LOL at any white folks who get all sensitive about calling it "Black Entertainment Television", tho.
All three of the head chairman at Viacom when BET was sold were Jewish; Sumner Redstone, Les Moonves, and Mel Karmazin.
That's like if I bought a run down house, fixed it up and built up it's value. Then I sell it to the people who gave me the best offer. If the new owners I sold the house to happen to be crackheads and turn my former home into a crackhouse, how am I at fault?
I still don't see how he sold out. He didn't want BET anymore, he built it up to be a great network and decided to sell it to the highest bidder, and reap the fruits of his labor. That's like if I bought a run down house, fixed it up and built up it's value. Then I sell it to the people who gave me the best offer. If the new owners I sold the house to happen to be crackheads and turn my former home into a crackhouse, how am I at fault? It's business, he's not gonna sell it to other black people for a lesser offer.
Quote from: Shallow on April 08, 2006, 03:25:37 PMAll three of the head chairman at Viacom when BET was sold were Jewish; Sumner Redstone, Les Moonves, and Mel Karmazin. Interesting... and thanks for the info. The point however is still the same (Robert Johnson is still a trader to his people) because Jews have also been a historical oppressor of black people. They mastered a system of interest (usury) that has put most of Africa into an insurmountable debt that they can never recover from.The point is the Black Entertainment Television station should be owned by blacks, period.