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Originally posted by maria_stardust
This argument seems to be that if BET shows a black pollitical event, then they must show a white one as well. This is a twisted line of reasoning as well.
Originally posted by maria_stardust
This is apparently a no logic zone.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by maria_stardust
This argument seems to be that if BET shows a black pollitical event, then they must show a white one as well. This is a twisted line of reasoning as well.
Then I'm sure you wouldn't complain if some cable channel decided to show white-based only programming. If you did complain then it would be a 'twisted line of reasoning'.
Originally posted by maria_stardust
Are you conceding that the Democratic National Convention is strictly a black political event?
You can't possibly be serious.
Originally posted by Grand Puba
Some whites have always been cool! That,s not the point!
They were POWERLESS to the racist white MAJORITY!
Just last year the scientist who discovered DNA said that blacks were inferior!
Whites have taught black inferiority (and still do) for centuries!
Why do you think they had seperate resturants, hotels, restrooms, water fountains, ect... In the 1st place?
You didn't just shoot yourself in the foot, you shot your foot clean off!
Peace!
Originally posted by FlyersFan
'Conceding' that the DNC is a black poltiical event??
Think carefully about the words you just picked to use.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
YES. IMHO - To the black people watching the race-based black stations the DNC is a black event. The democratic party is like some big club they belong to and when they come across a black person who isn't in their club then that poor black person is labeled 'not black enough'. (and yes, it's happened to people I know)
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Otherwise - they'd give the RNC the same amount of time that they give the DNC.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Like I said before - WHATEVER. Let them be myoptic and wallow in their own self-segregated cesspool of ignorance. It's of their own doing and it's their own choice to be 'apart' from everyone else in this country. THEIR LOSS.
Originally posted by Grand Puba
And keep in mind that BET and TV One are NOT all black channels!
Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
Originally posted by Grand Puba
And keep in mind that BET and TV One are NOT all black channels!
Why? Because a white person at some point in the history of the channel made an appearance?
I know nothing about TV One. I hadn't heard of it until this thread.
My main problem, as I have said many times, is with BET, simply because a "White Entertainment Television" would not be tolerated.
You claim there are white channels all over cable, but can you point to one that has "White" in the name and is directed at only white people? Can you find any evidence that any channel targets their content at only white people? Can you find any channel that has never had a black person on any of their programs in their entire history?
No, you can't, because it wouldn't be tolerated.
Originally posted by slackerwire
How much longer will racism from minorities continue to be overlooked?
Minorities need to be held to the same standards as whites.
Originally posted by Dronetek
Yes and this one is based on race. Geez, you guys are killing me here. You cant see that you have a different standard for racism, based on the color of the offenders skin.
The fact is, some of you support racism. You don't see it that way, but by definition you are accepting discrimination based on race.
[edit on 9-7-2008 by Dronetek]
Originally posted by sos37
Originally posted by Grand Puba
Some whites have always been cool! That,s not the point!
They were POWERLESS to the racist white MAJORITY!
Just last year the scientist who discovered DNA said that blacks were inferior!
Whites have taught black inferiority (and still do) for centuries!
Why do you think they had seperate resturants, hotels, restrooms, water fountains, ect... In the 1st place?
You didn't just shoot yourself in the foot, you shot your foot clean off!
Peace!
Wait, so are you really trying to say that segregation wasn't about separating the races based on white fear of a different culture but because all racist whites believed that blacks were inferior? Are you kidding me? There's no way that's true. You could say that about clan members and other hard core racists who spread their hate and fear to others who then became racists out of some obligation or association to the real racist pigs, but to say all racist whites were rotten to the core isn't true. I've known a couple of racist white folks who have changed their tune and now see African Americans as they should - as people just like themselves. Surely there were some people back then that practiced racism out of the fear mongering and pressuring from the hard segregationists but didn't feel right about it.
Put it this way - if racists were all rotten to the core and unable to change who they were because they truly believed blacks were inferior, I daresay we would seeing far more white racists today than we do now. The fact that Obama has made it to the tier of presidential candidate should make everyone in the country proud that a black man can and is accepted at the pre-POTUS level!
[edit on 10-7-2008 by sos37]
Originally posted by maria_stardust
Racism is not the topic of this thread. It is about BET's decision to provide coverage of DNC.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by Dronetek
Yes and this one is based on race. Geez, you guys are killing me here. You cant see that you have a different standard for racism, based on the color of the offenders skin.
The fact is, some of you support racism. You don't see it that way, but by definition you are accepting discrimination based on race.
[edit on 9-7-2008 by Dronetek]
i agree 100% Dronetek
your absolutely right, these ignorants are supporting racism and embellishing it.
By definition they ARE accepting discrimination based on Race.
Dronetek i view you as a non-racist. I like you, Believe in Martin Luther King Jr's Dream.
But these foaming at the mouth racists, who only see the world in skin colors, are destroying any hope we have for equality in america.
My kid will have a hard time holding hands with a colored kid, when that colored kid is taught to comdemn my white kid for being white.
In reality tho, my 4year old daughters best friend is the black girl down the street. Neither of them even know what race is. They never realized they were different colors.
Why? Because my wife and I, and the colored girl's parents, are good people and do not point these things out to our children. We just let them play and have fun.
We look at each other as people, not as colors.
But the posters who are agianst you Dronetek, they are clearly racist in that they only view the world in colors.
NBC is white only? Thats 100% wrong and inaccurate, and serves to prove beyond all reasonable doubt, that you Clearly openly view the world in Colors. You refuse to look at people as "people", otherwise you would have never made such a Incorrect post.
Anyways what channel is Oprah on these days? Oh i guess they convienantly forgot about shows like that. How about Montel?
See, they call the major networks Racist and ignore the PROOF they are NOT white only. Its called ignoring evidence thats agianst your screwed up viewpoint.
Which to me is proof the detractors of Dronetek's thread, are flaming racists.
Cmon guys, its 2008, isnt it a bit late to be having this ignorant racist viewpoint of the world? I know the media fuels your thoughts, and keeps your blinders on, but you gotta let it go.
Well Drone, maybe one day these people will learn how to treat people equally, and Dr King jr's Dream may one day come true.
And your Right. Dr King is rolling over in his grave. Its a sad thing indeed.
King Jr was a shining example of non-racism. Ill stop ranting now.
But good thread Drone, i believe your making an excellant point.
Keep the fight up for stopping Racism. One day we will defeat ignorance. And Dr King's dream will become reality
[edit on 10-7-2008 by muzzleflash]
Originally posted by Grand Puba
1. BET and TV One are NOT black channels because they are owned by Viacom and Radio one, Comcast corporation and DirecTv!
Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
Originally posted by Grand Puba
1. BET and TV One are NOT black channels because they are owned by Viacom and Radio one, Comcast corporation and DirecTv!
So they're owned by white people? And they've had white people on?
Alright, lets change the name to White Entertainment Television then.
How would you feel about that? Would you think that was racist?
You seem to not be understanding what I am saying. Although I continue to repeat it, it seems you are still having an issue with it. So pay attention.
I don't care if white people are on BET. That means I also don't care if they AREN'T on BET. I don't care if white people own BET or not. My problem is with the NAME of the channel - "BLACK Entertainment Television". Why? Because if there was a "WHITE Entertainment Television", it would be considered racist.
Forget the content. Forget the owners. Forget who has and hasn't been on the channel. Focus on the NAME of the channel. You replace that one word, Black, with another word, White, and although both are the word associated with the two races involved, one is acceptable and the other is not. THAT is my issue with it.
Do you understand? Is it clear now?