Hot Ghetto Mess
Black bloggers have united against BET and Viacom and are gaining traction. Now one of the nations leading newspapers The Washington post is following black blogger conversations on the issue.
- African American Political Pundit says:
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As Bloggers such as Gina McCauley, creator of the blog What About Our Daughters?,
Electronic village, the Afrosphere, Mirror on America, Bronze trinity, African American Political Pundit and hundreds of other black bloggers step up the effort to stop negative portrayals of blacks by the media, a recent media release provides more details:
Black Bloggers and Civil Rights Groups Unite to Topple BET's "Hot Ghetto Mess"
Austin, TX -July 19, 2007 - If Viacom's Black Entertainment Television goes through with its plans to air "Hot Ghetto Mess" next week, many people will be watching, but not for the reason BET wants. Realizing that mere online advocacy, was not going to be enough to topple "Hot Ghetto Mess" after she'd gotten advertisers to flee the show, Gina McCauley, creator of the blog What About Our Daughters? turned to a coalition of religious and women's groups including the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation, National Organization for Women, Rainbow PUSH, and the National Congress of Black Women.
The result is what may very well be the largest intergenerational collaboration between young online activists and their older offline counterparts in United States history. Their focus; to convince advertisers that buying ad time on BET's "Hot Ghetto Mess" just isn't worth it, despite the high ratings that the show is likely to bring if it airs.
On July 25, 2007, "Hot Ghetto Mess" watch parties are being scheduled in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Austin, the District of Columbia and the list of locations keeps growing. Those attending the watch parties will be recording which companies purchase advertisements during the show. The coalition then plans to target those businesses with possible boycotts or demonstrations.
Help Hunt Down Hot Ghetto Mess
Hat Tip: Villager
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This is a great summary! Yes it does seem like most of us are against the show and most of us want BET either gone or transformed into a positive station. There are only some people who go back to the same old argument that we should be working on something else, this isn't the source of our problems, or we are trying to hide our dirty laundry. But I don't see it that way. This is one of many actions that we are attempting to clean up our images and the images and messages that we are exposed to. We are trying to change the negative public image of Black people because it fosters racism against us and self-hatred in Black people. Showing positive, accurate, and inspiring images would help us a lot. If we change everyone's ideas about Black people then that would help us a great deal.
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