Comments on: Viacom doesn’t care about black people

By: susie

susie — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:13:48 +0000

when ignorant low-life blacks stop blaming white people for
all the ills of the world..there will be peace. I am sick
of black people who shoot, rape and pillage everyone in sight somehow
blaming white people as their excuse. I murdered my family cause the white man made me do it. I robbed the store cause the white man took all my money. There is a reason why you are the most feared an loathed minority
in the world.

By: Really Really Good-The Weekender « Canhead

Really Really Good-The Weekender « Canhead — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:20:35 +0000

[…] Mixed Media Watch has a piece up called Viacom Doesnt Care About Black People. In it they call out the MTV, VH1 parent copany on the way they depict black people. check it out, if for nothing more that the classic shot of Flav’s grin. […]

By: gatamala

gatamala — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:39:34 +0000

Eric–you’ve hit it 100%.

I noticed the downward slide from the time Viacom took control. It went from bad to obscene. During the mid-90s, the commercial success of hiphop led to more video shows for obviou$ reason$. However, there were shows w/ Ed Gordon, BET on Jazz, Tavis & Teen Summit. Even the videos played reflected various types of artists. BET UnCut, College Hill…thanks Viacom!!

By: mwarren

mwarren — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:17:10 +0000

John, to answer your question of ‘do you have some proof that the “white people” at Viacom dictate what BET should or shouldn’t air?”, uh, the answer is yes. Both Tavis Smiley and Suzanne DePasse left BET because of the content that was being aired. Tavis Smiley could no longer be a part of the negative media BET portrayed. The same with Suzanne- both left. Note where Tavis works now? Note the content of his shows? What I regret is that he did not joing forces with the black political leaders and protest the same as they did in the 1950’s - the NAACP protested against such shows as Amos and Andy. They won. Amos and Andy was nowhere near as degrading as to what we have today. I am trying to do my part my writing my thesis (doctoral) on the subject matter and hopefully taking my concerns to a higher level. I am going to need help.

By: mwarren

mwarren — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:35:40 +0000

You know John, I somewhat agree with you in stating the headline is misleading in that they are placing the blame on Viacom and that the blame should be placed on the black entertainers. Yes- but it is both. If the Viacom guru’s did not buy into this and back it financially, then folks like Snoop Dog, Flava Flav would not be able to be nationally exploited. Yes, it is their choice to be defamed. What I don’t understand it that now that they have enough money to form their ‘own’ production studios- why can’t they do something educationally positive? You know why? Because they have not been exposed to a positive black culture. Experts like Viacom and other stuidos make sure of that. And no John, BET is no longer owned and ran by blacks. The black owner sold it to a white owner who approves of all the negative slander against blacks. The white owner just put a black woman in charge of it, so when we complain, he can point to her. When the Cosby show aired, a show that demonstrated that yes, there could be a black doctor and a black lawyer in the same family, and even married to each other, and their children be studious and intelligent. But what happened to that show? It was cancelled because we were told ‘it is not realistic for a black family to have doctors and lawyers in it, a black mother and a black father’ Who told us that? The same folks who back shows like Flava Flav and Snoop Dog. It is the American culture to make sure that since we cannot be physically enslaved with shackles anymore, however white producers can enslave minorities in their mind. Make them feel and do less than. Do you see how black women are portrayed in movies, sitcoms, and even computerized cartoons (Ant Bully) Fat, black, loud, boisterous, attitudinal. While the white female is portrayed delicate, pure, dense, blonde, appealing (Paris Hilton and the like). For instance, Grey’s anatomy…all the white women are thin, smart, appealing, while the one and only black female is SHORT, FAT, LOUD, AND WITH AN ATTITUDE. Not appealing at all. And to top it off, the black male doctors do not have any interest in black females. gee, I wonder why? You have the head Chief interested in some ol’ white broad that is mental, the other head black doctor interested in an unsanitary, spits in the kitchen sink, doesn’t wash her clothes, nasty, Asian woman, and yes, there is a Latina, but she is also FAT, has no shame and urinates in front of the white thin women, running around chasing after a white male whimp. What are you teaching our black children? That we black women are not worth anything. That our black men have to chase after ‘less than’ white women? This is mental genocide.

By: mtevc

mtevc — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:03:03 +0000

okay guys…email a friend and tell them to get on the ed gordon and tavis smiley bandwagon then

By: brad

brad — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:53:19 +0000

Of course the black network leaders deserve their share of blame. Hell, BET was putting out racist stereotypical crap when it was owned by Robert Johnson 4 or 5 years ago. What is different about BET today is that all pretense of providing hard news has been eliminated. There are no more Tavis Smileys. The only type of news programs are exploitational documentaries about the “Down Low.”

Where are the investigative reports or analysis of life for African-Americans?

By: JQ

JQ — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:27:51 +0000

Merq….
I think that your comments are soooo on point…responsibility is across the board. these folks need to MAN UP as Lisa from Industry Ears said…Its amazing to me that people dont understand that the people in power are the ones that drive the machine…and not the black face on the frontline…

By: Merq

Merq — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:42:30 +0000

Actually, John, the headline is right on point (besides the fact that it was obviously a pop-culture reference you may have chosen to ignore). While Viacom may not HATE black people, their willingness to air this shows they certainly don’t care about them.

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:50:19 +0000

Merq … I’m not claiming that white men are victims. Never wrote that. Never implied that. That’s a strawman that just doesn’t hold water.

You and Eric don’t need to “explain” things to me. I’m not “fuzzy” or unclear … in fact, I see perfectly what the situation is. I simply felt that the headline of this original post was misleading.

In fact, I wrote pretty much what you did … that this is all about money, and people of all colors will do crazy stuff to make the almight dollar.