Damn…lol

PURE GENUIS!!! I LOVE THIS

BET SUCKS!

HAHA some people can’t handle the truth…hope enuff peeps see this and understand the negativity of so-called BET

im not really a fan of this show. but. this thing about BET is hilarious .. and BET def does SUCK.

they need to get a new pres. a new board and new everything.. to make that channel better…

siGhhh
smh @ BET

LOL. THAT WAS SO FUNNY, BUT THEIR RIGHT BECAUSE ALL BET DOES IT TAKE THE SAME SHOWS FROM OTHER NETWORKS AND STICK BLACK PEOPLE IN THEM AND THEY CALL IT ORIGINAL. I FEEL SORRY FOR BET BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING CREATIVE TO DO. ALL THE GOOD SHOWS THAT CAME ON BET WERE IN THE 90′S WHICH THEY CANCELED LIKE “TEEN SUMMIT”, “HITS FROM THE STREETS:, AND “CITA’S WORLD”. GET WITH IT BET. GET RID OF WACK ROSCI AND TERRENCE, HIRE SOME MORE CREATIVE FOLKS BECAUSE YALL NEED A TOTAL MAKEOVER!

I dont think its a bad idea to ban everything on bet…
but what happened to shows like teen summit?
why arent they doing the rap-it up campaign anymore?
why arent the youth being alarmed about the presidential election and why their vote matters?
gospel sunday is good, but its not enough

VH1 and MTV makes a mockery of all races, but what is shown by our race on this network is what the world believes that all black people act like.

Black Entertainment Television - perhaps you should have shows that will entertain black people.

Got to admit that I do watch College Hill, but it would be interesting to know that those students go to school sometimes…

What is so amazing is that so many people on ths post, know this already, they comment and tap into this pop cultue comment and get enmotionally involved in these celebrity lives and crazy lifestyles. And yet some will never appreciate and understand that BET is OWNED by VIACOM who own MTV and VH1 they are slowly conditioning and influencing young minds and dumbed down adults. Why was this banned if Americsa has free speech. THNK ABOUT IT!?!?!

Lets pray Concreteloop holds out and does not sell out like Myspace or Facebook or Perezhilton to the corporate BEASTS

BET like white people and Rev. Wright-can’t handle the truth! Bitch ass fools!!!

Aaron Mcgruder is the shiz

Man, that episode was great…and I have long felt a particular way about BET.
I’ll tell you why I’m mad, son!

That ish was funny. I use to watch teen summit religiously hoping I could be on it one day.
BET does suck. Cita’s World was good. I dont watch BET unless something interesting is coming on. Its bad enough they got Rocsi and Julissa on there I’m not trying to be racists but they do have Mun2 for them. I wanna see people who look like me on tv. I mean the hispanic people have like 1o tv stations on basic tv.

The truth hurts, eh, BET?

Favorite channel of ignant, stagnant black minds and the Klan alike! Bet the Klan has BBQ’s with full roasted piggy and bonus BET viewing beer busts!

Sorry to be so rough, but that’s how much I truly despise what that station stands for.

Now if we would only stop giving one of the biggest perpetuators of modern black minstrelry a pass and go after mufuhkin’ VH1.

i meant minstrelsy.

@ #11

With respect, I think you should check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cita’s_World

That link didn’t work, but here’s what was posted in Wikipedia:

Cita’s World was a video music show that aired on Black Entertainment Television (BET) in the United States. It was the first show to feature a virtual reality black stereotypical character as the hostess named Cita. It was co-developed, produced and sometimes written by Tracye Z. Kinzer. The show ran from 2000 to 2002 in television. Thank goodness this show was canceled because it degrated the image of black people with this Cita character speaking in ebonics with her vocal set at loud. It was humiliating to watch black stereotype at it’s worst; before the Source Awards. The show was originally named Jam Zone when it was created in 1997, which was just a wall paper video show until 1999 when Cita emerged into the homes of millions.

In between videos, Cita would “talk” to the viewers, answer viewer mail and offer her unadulterated opinions on current events, celebritiies and more. The voice and motion of the Cita character was performed by Kittie. From Washington, DC to New York City and lastly Hollywood, Ca., the shows content came from producer Tracye Kinzer who assigned her writers Cliff McBean, Monica “Monie Mon” Dyson and Angela Yarborough topics to create great entertainment.

The show received heavy criticism from the Black community, mainly because of Cita’s controversial presentation. However, after three successful years, the show was cancelled in 2002.

>> my once friend gabby this when i was at her house it was the first time i watched it i dont no which episode but i wa slike damnits strong

Poor BET they totally suck now. Why do they take old shows and re-run them. Who the hell watched Malcom and Eddie when it first came out. I love Jamie Fox but his show is wack now. Why don’t they pickup Girlfriends, comicview was even good at one point. And that celebrity fight club thing is going no where. How bout creating new black sitcoms. Its just awful.

i just got finished watching and first of all how they depicted Lee-vil was genious. And how she kept saying “blllack peopllle”. but seriously this is something that should not be swept under the rug. as others have mentioned, what happened to those more positive shows? BET used to be great with the teen summit and the caribbean “riddims” and Donnie Simpson with the live interviews. That used to be the best. Not to mention - THE NEWS! Gee whiz - who takes off daily news? I swear it’s such an embarassment. And then we had that lovely stretch of 5 or 6 years of the porn at 2 or 3 in the morning. that was just great. anyway, this is clearly going to take a huge movement since it is not owned by black people. i don’t know who owns TV One, but I’ll stick to that for now and watch my Good Times reruns.

lmao oddd!

BET is only good for one thing now, which is the throw back good movies they play and that is usally far and few between! I think it paints a bad representation on our culture and our lives. example…College Hill.. have we ever seen these kats in class or talking about college or anything? Yeah entertainment is wilding out and seeing who will smack who first. But are we not more than that! BET is wack and has been for a while now…B E T LETS GET SOME CREATIVE PEOPLE AND MAKE IT POSITIVE FOR 2008!

BET recently launched in the UK and we Luvin it here.

.:. Rev. Goodlove ha to be ‘Al Sharpton’… beautiful… the truth hurts…. Loved it .:.

It’s about time someone called out BET. Their portrayal of black people is so narrow that it’s just shameful. I hope people will see the truth in this and take action on their own to wean themselves (and especially their children) off of that foul stuff.

Not only does bet suck but I am tired of all the other networks with their token black, hispanic or asian person. I told my friends I wanted to file a lawsuit against tv networks for discrimination. They force these white shows on us with no black actors or any other race for that matter fooling people into thinking that white people are the only ones who can make #1 shows. Look what they did to Girlfriends. They would not have happened to Friends.

Hahahahahhahahahaha. I feel for Debra Lee, but BET has really gone down hill…

sooooo..they can’ t handle the truth huh?

McGruder is that ni**a!!

Wow Aaron MacGruder!!!

The sad part about BET to me is that while we (blacks) owned it we had a chance to make it something powerful and special. A tool to create and project positive non-stereotypical images of black people for the world to see. But we turn right around and complain because their aren’t enough positive black images on t.v. Every year the NAACP and other black organizations whine and complain to Hollywood execs that there aren’t enough of us on t.v. We leave it up to UPN to be the official “black network” full of comedies.

But as Bob Johnson said, “he is not the savior of the black race. he’s a businessman and his job is to make a profit.” It’s funny how white people manage to make a profit and protect/control their images of their people at the same time. Hmmmm. Funny.

I HATE BET. Period. Good job Aaron. Good job indeed!

So that is Al Sharpton?

I STOPPED WATCHING BET TWO YEARS AGO…I WISH TV ONE WAS APART OF BASIC CABLE.

BUT LET’S BE HONEST…VH1 MAKES BLACK PEOPLE LOOK IGNORANT AS WELL! ITS A STRAIGHT COON FEST ON THAT NETWORK….

AND ALL OUR OWNED BY VIACOM…BET SHOULDN’T BE BOYCOTTED..VIACOM SHOULD BE BOYCOTTED FOR ALL THESE STEREOTYPE MESS THEY CONSTANTLY APPROVE OF

HOW MANY OF YOU STILL WATCH BET AND VH1 COON SHOWS THAT’S MAKING THESE “TRUTH HURTS” COMMENTS?

Figures we (Canadians) would air it. We air so many things I’ve never seen on US TV, our censorship laws are kinda relaxed I suppose. We’re all the way up to the word “shit” on prime-time TV, which surprised the hell outta me when i kept hearing it.

Anyway, I wonder what powers played a hand in banning this honestly. Does BET have that much power? I guess it being owned by Viacom gives it that power. BET has it’s good and bad; like I won’t lie I watch a lil hell date lol.
But it’s MOSTLY bad, somebody mentioned Teen Summit…which I can’t figure out for the LIFE of me why that was canceled! They just make all the wrong moves

Ever since I read that article where they wouldn’t air a Little Brother video because they flat-out SAID it was too INTELLIGENT for their audience, yeah….not a good look.

we dont own or run bet!

LMAO!!! OMG, that was like the funniest thing ever. I love the boondocks, it keeps it real. BET sucks and everyone knows it. They’re bxtches for not being able to handle the obvious reality. BET is one huge contradiction.

29.

coop1974a
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 /
So that is Al Sharpton?

Yes…and Aaron very ACCURATE!

I sat here and watched the whole episode. I was always a fan of the Boondocks and i’m an even bigger one now. I love when black people can open up there minds to the truth, instead of wallowing in comfortable ignorance. Lol, Angel and Crew, yall not scared BET is going to come on here and Lee-vil will rip yall site to shreds? lmao.

I wonder if i can upload this from utorrent

master piece.. cant wait for the other episode. i want BET to comment it

I agree with everything said in this clip
although its a cartoon at least someone was willing to put the truth out there
I thought i was the only one who noticed that BET takes all of MTV shows and make them black

I would like BET to provide what this site provides: a mixture of celebrity news, politics, fashion and some kind of connection with thier audience

BET only caters to thier young viewers instead of providing entertainment that everyone can enjoy

This is the funniest episode of BOONDOCKS, just makes me miss CHAPELLE SHOW. The truth hurts so much that it is funny !

IT WAS FUNNY REV GOODLOVE REMINDED MY OF AL SHAPTON, RON ISLEY AND CEE-LO MIXED TOGETHER.

BET sucks complete a$$ and it sucks that this was banned…

I’ve been looking for this episode forever! Thanks for posting it.

I love Huey!!!!

This hunger strike will continue until BET is off the air, the offices are shutdown and the top executives commit Japanese ritual suicide LMAO.

i agree with everything you guys are saying but let’s cut them a little
(and i mean little) slack they do every once in a while do positive things for the black community. Not to long ago they did a specials on HIV/AIDS,racial tension in southern california, and the darfur tragedies. i agree that they do contradict themselves. one minute they say that black people are portrayed in a negative light then turn around and have shows like college hill which only brightens that negative light that we fall under. on the other (and i’m not trying to start any arguments with no one but i need to get this off my chest so don’t take it personally) can’t you see you helping BET. i mean alot of you said you liked Cita’s World!!!!!!! I mean come on she was one of the biggest stereotyped characters BET ever had!!!!!!!! Loud,GHETTO, and, UNEDUCATED. Some of you say you like College Hill. All they do is fight,cuss and sleep around with each other.If It wasn’t called College Hill who would know that they were in college…………whew….. now i feel better LOL LOL…………again i’m not trying to make anybody mad but if you don’t like what you see simply change the channel……if enough of us do it they’ll get the message and change i betcha.

You know what? The weird thing about BET is that they completely dug their own graves. I remember watching an interview that someone did with Deborah Lee years ago when Bob Johnson was still there. They were asking her about original programming, and she adamantly stated that BET would not be producing original sitcoms, etc. I was probably in high school then, and seeing that I said to myself “Why?” What network in their right mind would not want to grow their audience by producing original programming? I am the type of person that tries to reason things out and make things make sense, so I figured that BET was unable to afford to produce original programming. That was until they fired Tavis & sold the company to Viacom for 2 or 3 billion dollars. When I read the press release, I remember saying, “I had no idea that BET was worth that much”, and I don’t think anyone else did either. So, in essence, even though the funds were there, BET just flat out refused to produce original programming. The reality shows that they have on the network now do not count. By now, they should have two or three original scripted dramas and five or six original scripted sitcoms on the network. Thank God for TVOne. I love them. I have told most of my family about TVOne. The only issue is that they haven’t had a consistent set of new episodes in months. I recently read that they will begin to see a profit this year for the first time since they have been on air. So with TVOne, it IS just an issue of needing to break even. All of TVOnes reruns are better than anything that BET has on. It is really sad, b/c five or six years ago I mostly watched BET.

Also, I love the Boondocks. I think Aaron is a genius. My only issue with the show is the use of the n- word. I read somewhere that Aaron stated that he is more offended by the term “n-word”, than by the actual word. The MLK episode and the -Itis episodes are classic tv.

Any smart person would make their own TV station and ignore BET because many of you keep watching it, but for what?Stop watching it and it get taken off.I haven’t watched BET in a long time.But I’m pretty sure most of you will be into the BET Awards this year…But the shit is funny lol.

I will leave you with a verse from the song Wishing: Edo G feat Masta Ace:

I wish my people stop avoiding the truth,
B.E.T stop poisoning youth
We need changes for teenagers as they go through phases
More than just a concrete jungle the world got green acres
I wish I’d been more diligent
Smart cats rhyme militant the rest rhyme ignorant
I wish the world didn’t give us funny looks
Think we all just dummies and crooks
Athletes and entertainers singin’ hooks
We need more black babies, that’s in the books
I wish God could take away the pain
I know you wanna call me insane, I’m a dreamer.

so ill be seeing this on tv then LOL. i swear canadian television shows EVERYTHING

I agree with so many people on here…BET sucks..and i stopped watching it years ago..i hate the way they portray black people on there..

and some people are saying well its owned by Viacom..well Debra Lee..a black woman is still the president so she has a lot of say of what is aired..

all hte programming is sad..college hill is a show about college and you never see them whores going to school..they promote homophobia…

people just need to stop watching BET..and whoever that was that said they just got it in the UK and ur loving it..what exactly do u love? lol..u must be white and be laughing at how they portray african americans

lol at the dog. and at the heel in the neck WOW

HOEward show HAHAHAHAHA

That would explain why Bob Johnson is supporting Hillary Clinton. I boycotted BET after I found that out. That’s a shame that people have to hear the truth from a cartoon, but if it helps to spread the work I am all for it.

That would explain why Bob Johnson is supporting Hillary Clinton. I boycotted BET after I found that out. That’s a shame that people have to hear the truth from a cartoon, but if it helps to spread the word I am all for it.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT EPISODE HAD ME CRYING AT 1AM WATCHING IT! THEY ARE CRAZY, ITS VERY TRUE THE MESSAGE THEY ARE GIVING IN THIS EPISODE! IF IT WASNT FOR DIGITAL CABLE WITH VH1 SOUL AND EVEN MTV JAMS I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO FOR MUSIC AND VIDEOS OH AND THE OTHER CHANNELS THAT JUST PLAY THE MUSIC! BOONDOCKS IS OFF THE CHAIN! OH MY QUESTION IS WHO BANNED IT AND WHY!

27.

cdnyc
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 /
Wow Aaron MacGruder!!!

But as Bob Johnson said, “he is not the savior of the black race. he’s a businessman and his job is to make a profit.” It’s funny how white people manage to make a profit and protect/control their images of their people at the same time. Hmmmm. Funny.

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@CDNYC

I totally agree with you. Why is that white people (in control of TV programming) always make sure that they aren’t stereotyped? Sure, you have some trailer park comedies and things of that nature. But, for the most part you see white people portrayed in a positive and intelligent light.

But, Bob Johnson can’t make money and make black people at least look decent? *LOL* He couldn’t have produced a couple of original shows and portrayed us in a better light? Then we have rap videos which are played 22 hours of the day on BET and all the women are exposed looking like sex fiends. It’s ridiculous. White people make up the majority of the United States. Why aren’t they running around with thongs on and washing cars on music videos? It’s disgusting. I remember when I was in high school (I’m 28) having a booty was great. But, now the size of a black woman’s booty determines her worth and attractiveness as a female. You mean to tell me nobody thinks that has to do with black women’s portrayal in music videos? The state of this world is just disgusting. I’m glad they banned the Boondocks episode. They made it get way more attention by banning it, anytime you ban something, people just want to watch just to see what the fuss is about.

and i loooove how when the white exec came in the conference room debra was like hi master..lol..and got down on her knees…

aaron magruder is the shit

All I can say is the truth hurts! That was hilarious.

Aww man, I love this man honestly for that I wish they would have aired it though adult swim has all other crazy mess this actually relevant oh well somebody aways got to be a B($*(% a@# n*$($& and I don’t mean that disrespect just a general term for IGNORANT M&THERF#CKERS lol. Can’t wait for season 3
YEah BOI

Wow this episode was tame compared to some of the other Boondocks episodes I’ve seen. I guess Viacom was not having it…

a waste of 20mins of my life i cant have back

I live in Canada. Gun crime bad gone up considerably and i put blame on BET…. its only been here for 10 yrs….

Thank you ConcreteLoop sooooo much for posting info about The Boondocks. I love this show, I can’t wait until season 2 comes on DVD! Boondocks is edu-tainment! Get it right ladies and gents!

Screw BET!

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I think people put too much emphasis on BET and its affect on people’s behavior. I grew up watching BET and I am far from the black stereotype. People can’t look to the media for morals and values becuase America’s media is void in those areas. Second, College Hill, like the Real World, is a show about people acting stupid. Black people are human and therefore some of us will act stupid. However I do agree that BET needs a programming upgrade.

Love the Boondocks! That was excellence via creativity! That was TRUTH for real!

Couldn’t have said it better #27..

LMAO

@31-
You have a point but VH1 doesn’t promote itself solely as a Black Entertainment Television Channel. Because BET does, I have a major problem with it. I encourage you all to spread the word, down with BET! It’s crap and has no positive influence on our youth.

21.

kevykevykelvin
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 /
BET recently launched in the UK and we Luvin it here.

Erm, please do not generalise, you are loving it… B.E.T needed to decrease not incease, but no! They wanted to expand that mess to the UK…

BET ain’t that bad. I don’t understand what the big deal is.

62. Exactly. I grew up on BET all my life, never been in trouble with the law and I attend one of the most prestigious HBCU’s in the country. BET didn’t raise me, my mother did. If a child fell victim to whatever they saw on TV, I refuse to believe BET dooms a child, then the parent’s ass needs to be chastized, not BET.

Do yall watch all this other mess on TV…VH1, MTV, E!, Comedy Channel, Playboy, etc..why don’t white people generalize their own race or feel that what’s shown on tv speaks to the plight of their race?? BET has nothing on this other stuff and I’m looking at the TV listings as we speak and I don’t see anything that’s detrimental on BET. How bout we start supporting the only station for us instead of trying to find yet another thing wrong with our race. Yall need to wake up and see what’s going on.

Damn that was funny!

#62 you took the words right out of my mouth…

People or should I say BLACK PEOPLE need to stop putting so much emphasis on BET like it is BET’s responsibility to raise kids. I watched BET pretty much all my life and I am perfectly fine, instead of people always looking for someone or something to blame for their problems maybe they should spend more time trying to solve them…face it people BET is a tv channel if you don’t want your children to watch it BLOCK IT, most tvs have that v-chip feature nowadays…simple as that!

It’s a shame because this is the truth. Ok, well obviously some things were overexaggerated, but it was pure comedy, lol. It’s so sad to say it but BET isn’t original at all! They just copy everyone else. For example:
- Bet = MTV
- 106 = TRL
- College Hill = The Real World
- Baldwin Hills = The Hills/Laguna Beach
etc , etc. … It really shouldn’t have to be a competition and by mimicking these other shows, it’s turning into one. I personally think that BET focuses on the ignorance of the black community rather than the positive things that matter. Instead of showing all the Fridays like 3x a week, they need to be showing movies of inspiration like Crash, Hotel Rwanda, Antwone Fisher, etc. I mean there’s no problem in presenting those types of flims but they need to broaden their horizons and stop potraying us ONLY in that matter because that is not what we are all about. Alot of people from the outside don’t know about our culture and only go by what they see on tv. BET stands for [ BLACK . ENTERTAINMENT . TELEVISION ] which means that it is a representation of who we are. Thumbs down to you Mr. BET. Great way to represent!

Wow…Debra Lee-vil. LOL. BET is horrible. Every show MTV has, BET has to have their own version of it & they basically copy off of MTV. I haven’t watched BET in a while because they are just straight up bad.

70. Right. To me, Black folks that complain about BET are simply embarrassed to be Black. They are scared of everything lil thing that we do that ain’t right (and nine times out of ten, it’s not consider right because White folks don’t do it) they cringe or get embarrrased.

Hey, if people of other races have a problem with what some of us do or choose to live, and they feel it reflect our whole race, it’s not our or BET’s ignorance, it’s theirs.

& I agree with #72
106 & Park is the black version of TRL, Real World is like College Hill, and etc.

I meant to say #71

^ says the person with 25lbs of Indian Hair on her head…. It’s no wonder that you support BET…Any self-hating person would enjoy it!

I love the Boondocks. When it first aired it received so many negative opinions from the black community. Upon hearing this, I decided not to watch it. When I was in the Chi. My nephew asked me to watch the Boondocks with me and he was explaining what some of the episodes was about. I have to say I have been hooked ever since. The Boondocks speaks the TRUTH. I love it. Riley is a mess and Huey is a militant. I love it. I will have the dvd so I can watch all the episodes I missed. The Christmas one was my favorite.

I am so glad this video leaked! B.E.T really needs to wake the hell up. I mean its not just the fact that they show inappropriate material.

To me its the fact that thats ALL they show. Like so many people said what happen to the shows like teen summit? I mean bring something on with some damn substance.

Ok so they have a show called College Hill? Instead of the show trying to show our young kids why it is important to get an education..they choose to focus on WHO is hooking up with WHO. Who can get the drunkest? Who can yell the damn loudest.

A Good point that the character good love had was that they showcase a lifestyle that MANY people can simply not attain. And therefore feel they are inadequate. Not everyone can afford the damn Maybach or the damn jewels from JACOB THE JEWLER. Im not saying ALL of this is B.E.T fault but they have some kind of responsibilty to our youth, They need to be a little more selective on what they choose to broadcast!

I also definately agree its not B.E.T responsiblity to create morals or to raise the youth.

I do however think its their responsiblity (soley based on the fact that they are BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION) to provide our children with all varieties of life. Not just the quick money, drama,. booty shaking type of life.

The way children are raised doesnt start nor does it end with B.E.T but I still believe that most of their programming is degrading to black people.

Sure VH! and MTV does too, but their not the ones saying that “we are here for the black people” because after all their name is Black Entertainment Television.

78, i agree with you. Why is it even called College Hill?? That’s insulting to me and everyone else that do go to college. How many times do we ever see them going to class? Or stuggling during exams? Or getting involved in college activities? The closest I’ve ever seen to them even touching the topic of college is “oh i have a big test to study for while this and that person is in the other room fooling around with so and so”. Okayyyy . . . way to go school work! No, that’s not the answer. We are not blaming BET for all that is wrong with the black community, but they sure aren’t helping us. Yes, they do try to throw in the right message here and there but that’s all watered down by the ignorant stereotypes.

Of course, BET is in no way, shape, or form to blame for all of the problems in the African American community, but they are definitely doing very little to address or fix those problems. Also, you must view the bigger picture. I remember when I was in college, I was speaking with an exchange student from Africa. She told me that BET was what they had as the representation of African Americans. She told me that she thought all African Americans were fair skinned with long hair (like many of the video girls of the 90’s) until she began school here. I’m sure she also drew multiple other conclusions about African Americans based on BET alone. BET does not paint a diverse enough picture of the African American community. This is just one example of multiple examples that I could give of the problems with BET. Once again, TVOne is a great network if you have it in your area. In life balance must always be present, BET is imbalanced in its representation of the African American lifestyle. Where are the biographies about successful African Americans that are not famous? Where are the stories about our origins and African royalty? You get the idea

I enjoyed this BET does suck beyond repair at this point and all their shows are MTV rip offs. Debra Lee does irk me at times.

Hallelujah, somebody finally tells the truth on the mockery of black people that is BET. You would think that w/ such a title BET would do its best to offer a varied look at the lives of black people. From the stereotypical to the not so . . . what about some “a different world” re runs, some “cosby show”, some “gimme a break”, some original programming . . . I know they can do it. Everything always looks booty on BET, yet it belongs to a major corporation. What gives? Is BET saying we’re not worth the time? Well if we aren’t worth their time, perhaps they should learn that this garbage they put on isn’t really worth our time either

lmao..why haven’t i been watching boondocks?

I have been wanting to see this episode for the longest. I must admit it wasn’t as funny as the other episodes but the message is still clear. I can’t remember the last time I sat down and watched BET for more than 20 minutes. I really watched 106 and Park since they put Terrence and Rocsi on because I was mad that they kicked Julissa and Tigger off just when I was getting used to them. I mean they have taken BET Uncut off and they mention the Presidential election and getting tested for HIv every once in a while but thats not enough! I must admit I found Cita’s World amusing but then again I was a child. They don’t even have to have orginal programming. They can put on reruns of shows like Good Times, The Jeffersons, Family Matters, Moesha, The Hughleys, and all those other old UPN shows. Hell I’ll even settle for comedy shows like Dave Chapelle and Wanda At Large because at least they are entertaining. ComicView needs new episodes too!

I don’t watch this show, but it had me crying laughing!! It’s sooo true!! I liked the part where Goodlove was like hey, you gotta make that money. And I bout fell out when he had Sherry Carter on the show…talking about thick thighs!! My brother used to have the biggest crush on her!

im no BET apologists but u know the funny thing is that as much as we complain. we actually should be happy that ish like BET exist because the same ish that allows them broadcast ish that has no measurable value is the same that allows us voice our opinion. main problem i noticed is how do we entertain our own? u want the Cosby show or Flavor of Love? most of us want something that has educational value and cleverly written? but that takes time and money to write and for the viewer concentration that most who work mentally or physically challenging jobs are sometimes willing to dedicate. that’s why cartoons and tired ass VH1 shows are effective. short and to the point. no thought watch the anvil crush cat and a$$ cheeks clap for some gold fronts.

I’m glad someone said it!!

LOL @ Debra Leevil!

I loved it! I never watch BET, nothing on there and I’m a 16 yr. old black male in Atlanta.

@MEGAN(73)…U MY MUHFUCKA…..TOOK THE WORDZ WRITE OUT OF MY HAPPY 2 B BLACK SELF……………………………………………………….ALL THESE COONZ ON HERE TALKIN ABOUT TAKE BET OFF THE AIR…YALL R COOOOOOOOOONZ…..HOUSE NIGGAZ…ITS BAD ENOUGH WE NEVER HAD A STATION 2 BEGIN WITH…NOW INSTEAD OF FXIN’ IT..TAKE IT OFF…YAL R BOUGY IDIOTS…YALL MAKE US SOUND BAD…THATS WHY THE HOOD FUCKED UP…NOBODY WANNA HELP..THEY MOVE AND COMPLAIN….FUK THAT BET USE 2 B THA SHIT….YALL THA SAME FOOLS WHO DIDN’T WATCH THE POSITIVE STUFF 2 BEGIN WITH AND AS FOR ALL THA OTHA ENTERTAINMENT…SOMEBODY LIKE IT…THATS WHY ITS ON….BET TRY EVERY NOW AND THEN..YALL TYPE STILL CONDEMN IT…….THIS BOONDOCKS PIECE IS GOOD SATIRE…SUPPOSED 2 OPEN EYES..NOT TO FURTHER TEAR DOWN…ALL IM BASICALLY HEARIN IZ BULLSHIT….EVERY STATEMENT ON HERE IZ ABOUT CUT THIS SHIT OFF…….THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE…….ANSWER THIS QUESTION….THEY CUT BET OFF AND THEN WHAT…..MORE AND MORE WHITE PEOPLE TO GO AROUND……HOW BOUT YALL WACK ASS START WRITIN SCRIPTS AND SUBMITTIN THEM………………………..STOP FOLLOWIN’ AND START PAYIN ATTENTION….BLACK STATIONS..EQUAL BLACK JOBS…BLACK INTERNS…EXPERIENCE…U GET RID OF THAT…U DONT HAV THE NEXT DIRECTOR WHO LEARNED HIS CRAFT AT BET…DUMMIEZ

pure effin comedic genius!!!!!
i REALLY love aaron for this one!

is that big black cat cee-lo green?!

REAL TALK…I GREW UP ON BET….FUC I LOOK LIKE NOT LETTIN MY KIDS GET THA CHANCE 2 SEE BLACK FOLKS REGULARLY ON TV….ITS DUMB…BACKWARDS…EVEN IF ITS VIDEOS…WHO ELSE GON SHOW EM’…THEY BLACK ENTERTAINERS RIGHT….ITS ALL TYPES OF BLACK PEOPLE…SMART….AND SUM R DUMB AS HELL…PERSONALLY I WANNA LAUGH AT MY PEOPLE…CUZ THATS THE ONLY WAY WE GON UNDASTAND EACH OTHA……WHEN TV WENT THROUGH THAT HEAV BOUGY…ALL RICH BLACK FAMILY SHIT….IT WAS TERRIBLE…ALMOST ALL THEM SHOWS(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY WIFE AND KIDS)WERE BEYOND BORING..AND MOST OF ALL..THEY WEREN’T REAL…AND THATS WHERE WHITE TV DIFFERS..AT LEAST THEY TRY TO PORTRAY REAL CHARACHTERS……WE WANT POSITIVE GA-BAGE……AS OPPOSED 2 HAVIN VARIETY……..THATS AIGHT..IN A MINUTE..WE WILL B BACK IN CHAINZ…GRINNIN’ AND SHIT….

@Big Von and the other person that said BET doesn’t raise our kids and blah blah blah

Nobody is saying that BET is responsible for people’s behavior, but i need you for you to count how many BLACK shows are available, and how many BLACK networks are there. Then count how many of these BLACK shows exploit and degrage our race to the Nth degree. A big ass damn majority.

Now count how many WHITE SHOWS and WHITE networks are there, and how many of them show trailer type images, a small ass percent. 90% of tv represents white people, so they can spare having some dumb shows on. Black people have virtually NONE, and the few that we have all make us look like ignorant permiscious fools.

Do the math and you will see it all doesn’t add up.

SO EXCUSE THE FUCK OUTTA US FOR NOT BEING HAPPY WITH THE ONLY IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR BLACK PEOPLE ON TV BEING NEGATIVE AND DEGRADING.

STOP ACTIN LIKE KIDS DONT SPEND MOST OF THEY TIME WATCHING TV ANYWAY.

First of all, I have to LMAO@ people wishing Teen Summit and Cita’s World were back on.

Teen Summit got cancelled because every episode had the SAME TOPIC over and over and over again. I can’t be the only one who remembers this. After watching the show for a season (as a teenager), I pretty much got it, “don’t be peer pressured into drugs or sex.” Now, I know the lack of original content on the show was because Bob Johnson was too cheap to care.

And, Cita. . . she was everything you could want in a stereotypical caricature of Black women. All she was missing was fried chicken, a watermelon, and a baby or two.

As for the people who commented in favor of BET.

I have no children, so I am not expecting BET to raise my children. I am expecting BET to hold true to its name and be entertainment FOR Black people, not at the expense of Black people.

Forget other countries, there are people in THIS country who have never come in contact with a Black person, and their only image of Black people is what they see on BET. So, of course, if BET is supposed to be what Black people watch and support, then this must really be how Black people are. Uneducated, money driven, sex crazed, fools. Why shouldn’t they think every Black person with a good job was an affirmative action hire? According to College Hill, Black people don’t even really attend class, so you know they can’t be smart!

BET isn’t responsible for America’s children, but it is responsible for it’s depiction of Black people being stereotypical and racist. You’d think it was Viacom’s fault, but the programming was bad long before Viacom came along.

Basically, to borrow words from my man Kanye, “BET doesn’t care about Black people.”

*smh*

GOOD! someone needs to put BET out there!! Damn BET to HELL!!!

LOOK I DONT GIV A FUC WHAT U WATCH………JUS DONT GET ON THIS SAME BOARD WHEN ALL U GOT IS WHITE REALITY TV…THAT SOUND LIKE GOOD TV TO ME….I RATHER WATCH THE MASSA ON TV…..FUC BET…..AINT SHIT GOOD ON THERE ANYWAY..JUS DUMB BLACK FOLKS…MASSA SO ENTERTAININ…..NEWSFLASH 2 THA UNENLIGHTENED…BLACK PEOPLE BEEN THE BEST ENTERTAINERS SINCE THE BEGINNIN’ OF THE WORLD…WE LIKE 2 DANCE…WE LIKE CHICKEN..WE LIKE WATERMELON 2…MEXICANS LIKE TACOS…WHO GIV A FUC…THE PROBLEM WITH US….IS WE ALWAYS CARE WHAT SUMBODY ELSE THINK…I THINK WE SHOULD EMBRACE ALL PARTS OF OUR IDENTIITY………I DONT HEAR YALL BOUGY’S COMPLAININ’ ABOUT OPRAH CATERIN’ 2 WHITE WOMEN…..GIVIN WHOLE ROOMS OF WHITE WOMEN…CARZ AND SHIT…..WHY SHE DONT GIV INNER CITY TEACHERS(BLK WOMEN) CARZ AND GIFTS…….COME 2 THINK OF IT…SHE GOT HER OWN NETWORK…I DONT SEE COLOR PURPLE SPIN-OFFS POPPIN OFF ON THAT MUHFUCKA………….

@BigVon

Unfortunately BET is the only network on basic cable that is supposed to be for the Black community. Well, guess what, I don’t find it entertaining to see a bunch of ignorant people put on a minstrel show for white America.

You were wondering who’s going to watch BET if Black people dont? That’s your answer. . . WHITE PEOPLE! You know, the biggest consumers of the hip hop industry to date.

I happen to love being Black. I also happen to be proud of the fact that when I went to school, I took my butt to class and actually learned something. And, I’m proud of the fact that my 13 yr old little sister aspires to be more than a video whore with a boyfriend who has gold teeth and spinners on his vehicle, which is steadily depreciating in value.

i knew that was cee-lo

wonderful stuff…

i like BET,

I just wish more of the women would wear their hair natural, we all don’t come out of the womb with Hawaiin Silky # 45B flowing down our backs.

@ tha same PEOPLE HATIN’ BET..BUT PRAISIN’ TV ONE…THE WACKEST STATION EVER….LAME ASS SHOWS THEY GOT……..SHOOT YOURSELF..THE GRASS IZ NOT GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE

@BigVon

You’ve gotta be kidding me to try to bring Oprah into this when the women has opened her own school in Africa! ROFL!

And, FYI, she doesn’t have to do a Color Purple spin off, she’s responsible for getting the play on Broadway.

Geez, this is what happens when you watch too much BET.

Most channels cater to white people… they don’t need their own channel and that’s why they aren’t seen as ‘stereotypical’. In countries like America and the UK where BET is pretty much the only Black channel, there is no excuse or reason why they couldn’t show more positive shows… it’s as if they don’t think we will find that entertaining! If you think people from other races that watch BET don’t think that some Black people are actually like that of the Blacks shown on BET, then you’re crazy! BET stand for Black Entertainment Television and it should feature shows that the majority of Blacks find entertaining… if we go by the number of people who think BET sucks on CL then BET is in dire need of an upgrade.

This was brilliant. “The Boondocks” is always on point.

Albeit, the show’s over-the-top, but its portrayals of pop culture and race are very accurate.

I’ve never like BET.

I GREW UP WATCHING BET; I REMEMBER WATCHING TEEN SUMMIT. I USE TO FEEL SO PROUD WATCHING PEOPLE WHO WERE YOUNG BLACK TEENAGERS LIKE I WAS; THE TOPICS WERE INTELLIGENT AND INFORMATIVE; NOWADAYS, THE ONLY THING FOR TEENAGERS TO LEARN ON BET NOW, IS HOW TO POP, LOCK AND DROP SOMETHING.I REMEMBER WATCHING VIDEO SOUL, VIDEO LP, CARIBBEAN RHYTHMS, RAP CITY-WITH THE MAYOR CHRIS THOMAS, AND PRINCE DAJOR AS THE HOST, AND BEVERLY JOHNSON ON SUNDAYS. WHAT HAPPENED! BET USED TO BE A STATION THAT APPEALS TO EVERY BLACK AMERICAN REGARDLESS OF AGE AND DEMOGRAPHIC. I ADMIT, I AM A WATCH COLLEGE HILL, BUT I AM A BIT DISAPPOINTED AT THE FACT THAT THE SHOW IS LIKE A GHETTO VERSION OF THE REAL WORLD. BET IS THE BLACK MTV, BECAUSE EVERYTHING MTV DOES, HERE COMES BET WITH THEIR VERSION. BET, COME ON THERE IS MORE TO US THAN WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTING.

I MEANT TO SAY I WATCH COLLEGE HILL, SORRY TYPOS.

@99.
BIGVON

I LIKE TVONE, BECAUSE IT HAS MORE VERSATILITY THAN BET, AND THEY CATER TO ADULTS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE ADULT INTERESTS AND TASTE.

It’s interesting that people would say that it’s the parents responsibility to raise their child and not BET; BUT the parents are not raising their kids! You have mothers who are psychologically damaged raising little girls and boys. Fathers running out on their responsibility. You have kids being raised by the street, by other kids and by the government. TV is the new parent; has been for a while. How many so called parents come home and park their kids in front of the tv cause it’s just to hard to be a parent? How many kids come home from school to an empty house?

BET is not providing a variety of images of Black people. The network does not counter act negative depictions with positive ones. The worst is the way Black women are depicted (well if you are lucky to find a Black woman on there, since most of the women are mixed race and not Black). These images are being projected around the world. Hell, even when i visited West Africa, the only images of Black American women are negative (crack head, whores, booty shakers, prostitutes). The men are depicted as pimps, drug dealers, lazy don’t work,good for nothing.

No wonder why when other immigrant groups come here (even the Black ones), they distance themselves from the Black community. Would you want to be included in a community that is portrayed so negatively around the world? And you better believe that programs shown on BET are partially to blame.

I love the Boondocks and was wondering what was going on with it. I hope they bring it back soon. I read somewhere that the Boondocks had millions of dollars in fines due to the usage of the N word.

As was said before BET is owned by Viacom and therefore elite white people. You really think Debra Lee has any real charge of the programming on that network? She is a stooge, being told what to do by the “powers that be”. That power wants everyone dumbed down to be even worse stupid consumers than what they are today. This is the same with MTV, VH! and basically any network on cable.These people do not care about anybody s well being but their own….which comes in the form of profits and more so your minds. NWO folks…

What could help BET is it being more balanced.

I mean, there is nothing wrong with it getting inspiration from other networks, or with it airing shows like College Hill.

The problem is that the network does NOT want to showcase various depictions of black people.

I mean, I can’t believe that a network worth over a billion dollars can not switch up its format.

And I also refuse to believe that showing tired reruns, degrading videos, and goofy reality shows 90% of the time is all they are able to come up with.

Seriously, the programming has to be something that someone thinks we (meaning the world) have to see on a daily basis.

And no, that’s not called a conspiracy theory, it’s called an assasination of the human mind and the spirit.

I defintely agree with Jazz. Im young but I do remeber their better programs from the 90’s. They need more creative writers. I love the boondocks and this episode was funny as hell

#8 - I agree with you.

I am not offended by this video. We all know that it was taken to an extreme. However, I saw some truth in it. We have successful Black ppl (Debra Lee) who wouldn’t dare have her children in a degrading video or condone watching it BUT she knows somebody’s kids is watching it.

Our race is money hungry, “I’ll take care of myself and mine, I’ll take any role in a movie, I’ll say some vulgar things in my songs, etc. just so I can get money.” Some pastors are money hungry too.

Shout out to Aaron M. a fine product of the U of MD at CP. I remember when you were just a strip in the Diamondback. Keep talking that issssh! Wake up Black People. Coon and Baffoonin’ must end. Our country is about to be ran by a black man, we need to do better!!!

when the preacher was singing i thot he was suppose to be Cee-Lo

Some folks must be blind to not see anything wrong with the way BET has portrayed Blacks.

I’ll never understand it.

Oh, and RaRa, Cee-lo did the voice of the preacher.

Bigvon you watch a whole bunch of BET don’t you?

I so love the Boondocks. I agree with every part of this banned eposiode BET should be more responsible for what they pump out to their audience and if they can’t do that they should be taken off the air. When is the second season going to DVD ? I have the first season and it is HILARIOUS! LMAO Uncle Rufus is a fool.

OMG Grand Slam,

Ever since BET uncut, and BET Comic View I have not been a fan of BET. I have long stated that BET is a black hole that the youth fall into. But its not just BET it’s VH1 FOL 1, 2, and 3, MTV. BET was in its conception the NBC, CBS for black people. But it changed on us. And BET is not a free station people pay for their kids to be distroyed. BET is part of the reason little black girls want to grow up and be (stripper) video dancers. Young black boys want to be Ball players and drug dealer. Station like those show the glam and not the gore. Lets take Pimp C how dumb do you have to be to over dose on Cough meds. ( Now yall mad because he made all those great song about bitches and hoes and drug and did so much to up lift the black communtiy) We present him to kids and say he made it be like him. Where was the lesson. We still rappping about it and drinking cough meds. The problem is us as a people. /we did the samething with “HOT ASS MESS” but the next day we were watching the silliness. We have to put something real behind our words.

LOL I love the Boondocks!!!

YALL FUNNY ASS………YALL R FUNNY….WE HAVE ONE CHANNEL…..THEY GOTTA DO EVERYTHING…..NEWS,COMEDY,IGNANT SHIT, WE DONT HAVE OUR OWN CNN…OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CHANNEL……HOW DO YALL POSSIBLY EXPECT ONE CHANNEL..THAT STARTED AS A VIDEO CHANNEL..2 DO EVERYTHING……….YALL R TOUCHED….A SELF REFLECTION OF SELF HATE….ALWAYS TRYIN 2 B LIKE THE WHITE MAN…REAL TALK…A SHOW LIKE THA BOONDOCKS WOULD NEVA B ALLOWED 2 B SHOWN ON BET…YALL WOULD’VE KILLED IT AT THE GATE…THEN IT WOULD’VE BEEN..HOW BET GON PLAY SUMTHIN WITH THE N WORD……..THE SAD PART IS YALL DONT EVEN SEE THAT….WE CENSOR OURSELVES SO MUCH…WE CANT HAV GOOD SHIT….THATS RIGHT LEAVE IT UP 2 WHITE FOLKZ TO GIV US POOR,UNDERPRIVILEGED NEGROES OUR GOOD TV….UNCLE RUCKUS LOOKIN ASS NEGROEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…YEAH RIGHT………2 THA COMMENTZ IN MY DIRECTION ABOUT WATCHIN 2 MUCH BET………….FUCK U…..HOUSE NIGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…AND 2 ANYBODY THAT SAY BET DONT HAVE GOOD PROGRAMMIN’…TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR…U R THA REASON WHY…..AND WHAT YOUNG BLACK PERSON CAN SAY OUT OF THEY MOUTH…THEY HAV NEVA LIKED BET….WOW…..U MUS B REALLY YOUNG……IT AINT EVEN ABOUT BET…ITS YALL OPINIONS OF YALL SELVES…BLACK PEOPLE DONT LIKE BLACK PEOPLE IN PUBLIC…..DUMMIES…AND WHITE PEOPLE DONT LIKE US EITHER…WOW…WE ON A ROLL NOW….OUR COMMUNITY HAS HOES.CRACKHEADZ,LAWYERS,DOCTORS,CROOKED PREACHERZ,PIMPZ,HUSTLERZ…………..ITS A FACT…SAD FACT IZ YALL DONT WANNA SEE IT….SAME THING HAPPENED WIT BLAXPLOITATION FLCKZ IN THA 70′S…NIGZ CRYIN GET RID OF EM’…AND THEY GOT LEFT WIT NO BLACK FACES IN THE MOVIES FOR A DECADE………………….THIS SHIT SOUND FAMILIAR…………………………………………………………………………………SELF HATE…

Wow, I’m a new fan of the BOonDocks. This episode really opened my eyes to what I really wasn’t letting effect me. The images and messages on B.E.T. can be misleading to the younger people but as adults we have the power to control what our children watch. Yet that doesn’t give B.E.T. the right to show all these negative things and hardly any positive. Especially since they’re adversitising under the name Black Entertainment.
That means its representing us as black people and how they’re going about it isn’t fair or right.

MAN!!! This is the BEST episode this year, comedic truth. Aaron is brilliant and Cee-Lo is off the chain. So much talent!!!

Black people find the littlest things to pick at.People will never rise acting like BET is the only station out of 600000 channels you have on TIVO.DON’T WATCH IT!Take BET off if you can’t stand it, but it’s not like BET is the problem.You people creating the problem because you so fucking lazy to turn the damn TV off and teach your kids to pick up a book.Watch Discovery Channel or something.There is a station more than just BET, but you feel that you should watch BET because it has black people in it?Make your own station, stop complaining!The Black Youth should be looking up to their parents,teachers and learn from future leaders instead of yaki booty shaking women on TV for being a positive role model.It’s your fault.They say it’s easy to point the finger and someone always has to blame somebody.Look at yourself.

Mark my words MOST of you will be watching The BET Awards this year and get back to saying how BET is making black people look stupid.Most of you deserve a n****** please.

When was BET responsible for everybody in the US????It sure don’t represent me.

I agree with the majority of yall on here. BET was da sh*t back in the day, now its like they copy off of all the otha channels. I know viacom owns mtv, vh1, and bet, bt damn its like a pattern wit these stations. Its like MTV jus shows a bunch of young cool kids reality shows. VH1 shows all the has-beens reality shows. And BET just copies of these shows & just hav black ppl in it. But is it just me or did anybody notice executive producer Reginald Hudlin as the executive producer I thought he was the president now of BET I don’t know somebody explain that to me cuz I dont understand it.

BIGVON
Sorry BET did not start a a video Station. I was mostly talk shows with one are two music video show and Christain Programming

BET is not what it used to be and if u think it is…u got some issues!! It used to be entertaining, but the the only thing they have on I watch are the movies! MTV isn’t what it used to be either…I only watched the Real World…but reality TV has gotten outrageous…and VH1 fell into the trap too with the ILNY and FOL garbage….no such things as just music videos anymore….

Ok, they still have Bobby Jones on Sunday…so BET is alright for only that reason

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@ #68

BET perpetuates the stereotypes that degrade our race, that is the issue. For me a channel that claims to be for Black people should not demean us but enlighten and uplift. Seeing women’s booties jiggle and rappers dance around like coons is not doing this.

my two cents

Some people just don’t get it. Just like some slaves thought that was all there was. Harriet Tubman said she could’ve freed twice as many had they realized they were enslaved. I’ve been waiting for this episode to post online for months! It had a slightly different tone than some of the other episodes. It was brilliant though and totally on point. You know I cringe at hearing nig*** and even moreso out of the mouth of a child, but there’s so much to love about the show I just plug my ears. And I absolutely hate the Uncle Ruckus character…because it is so true to life and that amount of self-hate is just…painful to see. I miss Chapelle’s show as well. even Aaron got burned out, but I’m so glad he kept the show going. We need it.

I think this is hillarious!!! Seriously…. hillarious ppl.

Yea me and my family have been saying the same thing about BET having completely un-original shows. Like all of their shows are “black” versions of mtv shows…

How i’m living= cribs
Access granted= Making the video
and my favorite… Spring “bling” = mtv spring break…

Why must they put the word bling?? bling yall???

I mean not everything on BET is bad or putting us in a bad light. But it’s just certain things that bother me really bad about BET like…. BLACKbuster movies….really..seriously , blackbuster? why not… BET movie presentation? or something.

BET is cool and everything, I watch sometimes and all that… I just hope they improve with some things.

Aaron McGruder is a fearless genius and needs to be revered in the black community for his brand of social commentary regarding the state of Black America. He is thought provoking and he challenges us to examine ourselves amid this oppressive society. That piece embodies freedom of speech and its banning reflects how powerful his message is…………and he’s just being funny! Think about that.

BET stands for Blacks Embarrassing Themselves… I mean seriously, it’s basically the only black channel there is and it’s doing a terrible job of representing us!!! This episode of Boondocks the the truth, plain and simple. We need something that will enhance our image, educate AND entertain us. A boycott wouldn’t be such a bad idea… don’t know about the hunger strike though…

BIGVON - dang you mad huh?

@58 - and you didnt bother to press those two bars on the left??? plz

@93 - standing ovation

unfortunately we dont have enough parents teaching their kids right from wrong so they get it from the next best things the streetz and… ding ding ding…TV. i applaud those that are not easily influenced however those that arent taught wont have that same mentality.

and dont get it twisted being an american living in the UK BET is still wigety wigety wack. they just to dont see it yet cuz its “fresh” for them.

Big Von is an example of what’s wrong with BET.

Keep it in perspective. Every show cant depict seriousness, black issues, and be expected to educate black folks. We have to be smart enough to elevate our own minds people. We are the master of our destinies not bet. Do we really expect BET to owe us anything? I subscribe to Bill Cosby’s method of thinking to change our communities. He doesn’t sugar coat it, he tells us the things we dont want to hear.
Yes, those videos can be poisonous. Nothing annoys me more than the way they depict POVERTY as something appealing. WTF? In the hood. Those gangster rap videos should contain a disclaimer… The poverty depicted in this video is not representative of real poverty. Visit your nearest project to see the effects of lack of education, ignorance, gang violence, promiscuity, and of course drugs.
I do believe that Baldwin Hills is a step in the right direction. It is okay to strive to be upper middle class. Lets the younguns know that it is okay not to fit in with the hip hop stereotypes that so many strive to be a part of.

I thought this was going to be a new episode. I clicked it an I was like damn Teletoon done played this lol. Thank God for Canada. That Teletoon Network plays anything after Ten O’clock. But that Boondocks episode was the bomb as usual. And what the hell at the person who said gun crime has gone up in Canada because of BET. Do you know how easy it is to obtain a gun an drugs in Canada sweet heart it’s both the black and white little kids. Sk8ers, rockers, and gangsters. I’m sure as hell not all of them watch no damn BET.

You are right Jazz (#6 and others) - Teen summit was so uplifting and Sheri Carter and Donnie Simpson were intelligent hosts. Rap City used to be good too back in the day. Now they got That damn stupid ignant Terrence and Rocci. They should hadve at least kept Free and AJ. This episode was on point. I have seen other episodes and The Boondocks is a great show that tells the truth.

I know by now that most people will never read this comment, because there have been so many posted, but I can’t help but to put this out there.

For those saying that something is better than nothing, I will strongly disagree— especially if the nothing is poison disguised as medicine. BET was supposed to give black people an alternative to programming featuring prodominately white people, programming that was supposed to represent US. Maybe the BET of old did that, but this BET is only fueling the beliefs of everyone else in the world that African-Americans are loud, obnoxious, violent, ignorant, promiscous and uneducated. And truth be told, some of us our. But we are also spiritual, intelligent, creative, hilarious, resourceful, stylish, sexy, visionaries, who have integrity, who have ambition and who want to SEE all of this reflected back at them. No it is not the stations responsibility to raise children, but it is the station’s responsiblity to show BLACK people and not just N*GGAS! My nieces watch this women with stank attitudes and slutty ways and think it’s cute. They watch these men who are lustful and ignorant and think that is who they should be trying to impress. Do you know how hard it is to counter act that when that is all see people that look like them doing on television. TV is a medium that reaches into our homes and eventually into our psyche. And it has damaged us…because some of us think it is okay to be represented by such foolishness.

Sitcoms, a few video shows, a talk show that features today’s stars, a style show, a regular news program, a late night talk show, a variety show, a makeover show with BLACK stylists, a home improvement show, a show about marriage/parenting (like Wife Swap), a cooking show, a cartoon, crime show or hell some more recent movies….the sky is the limit.

And for the people who will say I’m a coon for not liking BET (not even the music awards) I am a black woman and proud of it. You will only see me rocking my OWN NATURAL HAIR (no offense to you who don’t—I’m just making a point) when I am representing my majority black clients (atty) or when I am at home chilling with my black man or attending my black alma maters football game (FAMU) or involved with my black orgs (NBLSA, NABJ, NCNW, NAACP and my own org H.A.N.D.S) or out supporting my black mother’s successful black-owned business. I represent to the fullest….it’s BET’s turn!

I LIKE IT ALL THIS MONEY BET IS SUPPOSED 2 HAVE AND THEY CANT AFFORD BETTER CAMERA’S THE SHOWS LOOK SOO FOGGY AND LOW BUDGET. THEY HAVE NONE OF THEIR OWN IDEA’S AND THEY THINK STICKING BLACK PEOPLE IN EVERYTHING IS SUPPOSE 2 SHOWCASE OUR RACE WHEN IT DOESNT IF U DONT HAVE A MIND OF YOUR OWN.

THEY AINT ALL FOR THE TALENTS OF OUR RACE AND PEOPLE SHOULD WAKE IT AND SEE THAT ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY AND PUTTING ON A FAKE SMILE COME SHOW TIME .

PEOPLE DONT WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH

ALTHOUGH I DO LIKE COLLEGE HILL AND HELL DATE BEFORE ALL THE DAMN RE-RUNS

#142, I AGREE WITH YOU. THE CAMERAS DO LOOK A LITTLE BIT FOGGY. BET CAN NEVER DO ANYTHING RIGHT OR TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIVE WITHOUT A SCREW UP. LIKE THE BET AWARDS. EVERY YEAR THERE’S SOMETHING THAT GOES WRONG WITH THE PRODUCTION LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN 50 CENT PERFORMED THE MUSIC OR SOMETHING STOPPED AND THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN T.I. PERFORMED THE MUSIC STOPPED. BET CAN NEVER DO ANYTHING LIVE. THE ONLY GOOD THING BET HAS IS RIP THE RUNWAY. I USUALLY LIKE THAT, BUT THIS YEARS WAS VERY SHORT AND BORING. BET SHOOTS ALL THE SPECIALS LIKE 2 WEEKS IN ADVANCE AND CONCRETELOOP ALREADY HAS PHOTOS AND WINNERS POSTED UP BEFORE THE SHOW AIRS. BET IS WACK

@ MEGAN

BET does have a responsibility. And while I applaud you not being influenced by the substandard programming, every generation that comes after us becomes more and more dependent upon the images and programming they see on tv and now the internets.

I GIV UP…………I GUESS BET DONE GOT ME……..GET RID OF IT…..

P.S HOW CAN U SAY DONNIE SIMPSON AND SHERI CARTER WERE INTELLIGENT HOSTS..WHICH THEY WERE AND NOT NOBODY WHO’S ON NOW…..IF U DONT WATCH IT…..I THINK MOST OF YALL MISSED MY POINT…..THIS IZ A SET UP…MORE SO THAN BET FALLIN OFF…ITS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SELF HATE INTO BLACK PEOPLE……ONE OF THE REASONZ BLACKS DONT SPEND MONEY IN THA BLACK COMMUNITY..IZ BECUZ THEY FEEL LIKE ITS A LACK OF QUALITY…….AND FA ALL THA LAMEZ…THAT SAY THE BET AWARDS AINT HOT….U R SMOKIN CRACK…..IT’S ACTUALLY NOT AN AWARDS SHOW ON THEY LEVEL…OF ENTERTAINMENT…..IM SORRY..U CAN HAV THOSE BOGUS OSCARS…AND ALL YO FAVORITE PALE FACES….IM GON TAKE MY JAY Z AND BEYONCE……WE JUST DO IT BETTER…….IT FEELS SO GOOD 2 B BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL……………..THIS CHICKEN..IM EATIN IN THE MONIN’ TASTE SO GOOD…AND IM STILL GON VOTE FOR OBAMA…….FINGER LICKIN’ GOOD

Don’t watch BET anymore, sorry shows, repeat of the same stuff, and they take other network shows.

A person’s choice of candidate has nothing to do with BET. I personally know plenty of people supporting Barack that could give you a laundry list of what’s wrong with BET. Also, liking a celebrity couple has nothing to do with BET. It is amazing how the conclusion can be drawn that the criticism of BET is a form of self hate. All people are asking is that BET do a lot better. They aren’t even trying. Also, how can the criticism of BET be self hate when TVOne has been lauded on this post and it is also a station owned by an African-American and primarily geared toward minorities? Even those that are defening BET have to admit that the station is doing a lot of things wrong. I’m going to need one of the approx. two people on this post that have defended BET to list 25 things (that are not celebrity related) that BET has done to positive impact the African American community at large in the last two years.

@☆★Megan★☆ the thing is that white ppl on shown on practically every channel on tv. they show many different representations of themselves. we have ONE tv channel for ourselves and most of the programs show blacks in a bad light. white ppl think that if they want to know more about black culture, all they have to do is watch BET and they don’t realize that BET does not represent all black ppl. i understand what you’re saying about how BET didn’t mess you up. same for me. i used to watch it and i turned out great but sometimes i look at my younger cousins and i hear them speaking slang and reciting all these hip hop lyrics (and not “mos def” hip hop- i mean ’soulja boy” hip hop and i’m sorry but it pains me to hear them sing his songs) and i feel bad. hopefully they become like me (lol) but you never know b/c there are a lot of young black kids who watch bet and don’t turn out great b/c they think this is how black ppl are supposed to be and hey think their parents are too old/not american enough (i’m from a family of immigrants) to understand. BET needs to be revamped if they want to be the “black” channel.

and also, yes white ppl have playboy etc. so we should just create a separate channel where they show playboy-type material instead of doing that after-hours nonsense. i might be wrong but i don’t remember mtv having an after-hours thing so why do they have to do that with us. i’m not saying completely take all sexual content off but you shouldn’t be able to show bare breasts even if it is after hours. create another channel for that

@BIGVON the bottom line is that we ARE proud of being black and that’s why we want our race to be properly represented. if you have no problem being discriminated by other races b/c they think lowly of you, then that’s fine but personally i hate it when ppl assume that i am something other than what i truly am just b/c some tv station claims to represent me. BET is the only channel targeted towards blacks that takes pride in showing negative images 24/7 unless you’re tuning in on sundays. how does that not bother you? if it doesn’t, you have a warped sense of what being black means

and @ tamdiggy i’m transitioning my hair back to natural! i’m really excited.

PERFECT

WHY OH WHY IS ALL THESE BLACK PEOPLE USING THE WORD “SUCK” TO CATEGORIZE WHAT BET IS…… SHOULD’NT WE BE CALLING BET WHACK OR SHITTYASSNETWORK INSTEAD??

I saw this on youtube and it was funny.

BET does suck now and why are they playing Malcolm & Eddie, The Jamie Foxx Show and Girlfriends. People should watch BET J because they show decent music videos and they used to show old re-runs of Video Soul.

Megan

I’m not ashamed, the problem is that I don’t act like one crabon copy of black people in general on BET. I stop watching BET the day I turned 19, because I relaized it was a big joke that Viacom who also owns MTV played on us. I don’t shake my ass infront of a car or store, I don’t roll my eyes and pop my gums, i just don’t rock urban wear all the time, I can pronounce my words, and don’t even talk about thos horrible music videos they play . BET may represent some people, but it does not represent ME. If people think BET is doing a great job fine, but I’m more diverse. I love the Boondocks! i’ll stick with PBS

lol! even if BET did have something positive on the air. i wouldn’t know because I don’t watch that station.

@ BIGVON forreal be honest… you’re kidding right .. or are you a old white man I mean do you actually believe the nonsense you post.. I agree you are a great example of whats wrong with BET! You say you dont look to BET to raise your kids.I’m sorry but who raised you cause I mean it. looks BET did raise you with the !!! I mean saying that BET isnt at least a piece of representation of its people is like saying the Church isn’t a representation of a God like are you serious????? I’m not trying to insult you but c’mon man you sound so Ignorant you should put in a application for BET!
I don’t watch BET anymore either its a HUGE contradiction in itself its called black entertainment television but it showing we like to watch mainly ignorance! So according to you and Meagan that makes me ashamed of being black??? WOW you two are a good example of why we need better programming for INTELLIGENT , EDUCATED BLACK PEOPLE like myself and alot of others on this post!!

Spike Lee said it best at the end of one of his best movies and its really sad that it has taken so many of us to realize the truth.

He shouted ” WAKE UP!………..”

LMAO Truth hurts doesnt it……The only time that I watch B.E.T. is when the BET awards are on..I havent sat through VH1 ever since ILuvNY2 cuz i just couldnt take it no more

No matter …… What you want to say , how you want to spin it ? Get this into your system Black ,African American people. Truth is not sugar coated, non-offensive nor comfortable and conveneinent.( African Americans) only want to hear Truth when its conveinent and does not force you to take accountability for your actions…. Im glad that The Boondocks tackle these issues, any proud African American Male or Female should be…. And if this is the only Outlet (right now) that can steer up some ruckus and shed truth what we already know has been going on ……. Then Draw, DRAW , DRAW ……….because until we understand what is really important we are forever destine to remain stagnant in a Auction Block position….. Still going to the highest bidder…

I can’t watch the video because I’m at work, but Im sure its fantastic. I think as black ppl we all need to take responsibilty for each other.. and since BET is supposed to be a representation of us; we need to make sure that they no longer show our evils. I mean we all know people like the ones we see on BET, is that a complete representation of black ppl? No! But it has some truth… but in that we need to do/show something that will balance out the playing field..

From the day it was announced that VIACUM I mean VIACON, darn…I mean VIACOM were the new owners I knew it was all down hill from there……BET is embarrassing for Black people. It was a blatant sellout. Its our fault, we keep watching. If the whites see that there is no $$$ being made, they will unload it back to the black community. Black People unite! Stop Watching the crap! Don’t watch it! You have internet use that for entertainment….Until we get Rocsi and her man fired, as well as revamping the programs, we will not WATCH. People what you focus on GROWS! Law of attraction at work here……Don’t watch, BET will soon be a memory. Then we as a community come together and CREATE for our selves what we and our kids need to see…….DON’T WATCH! I started a petition to get Rocsi and her man out of there on myspace not one person signed……just sayin’ : )

I am a fan of Aaron McGruder and his comic strip. I love Huey. I was militant to the extreme like him when I was younger. I also agree that BET is a disappointment. However, I’m kind of torn because there are days when I just want to turn on the TV and see black people PERIOD…and I can’t do that without BET.

I personally think Flavor of Love and I Love New York have propogated more tomfoolery in the past year than BET has in the past 10 years.

We have 6 children….we don’t let them watch anything on TV that we haven’t approved. That includes BET. Our children under 12 can’t watch BET period–or MTV (except Scarred—to teach them not to do dumb things like those kids on that show)…that being said, parents have the power and responsibility to turn off the TV set.

BET does suck—but so do MTV and VH1. American popular culture SUCKS and BET is part of it.

Did you look at the credits? Reginald Hudlin who is the President of BET is listed as one of the Executive Producers. What do you think about that?

BET is such a disappointment. This a station that could motivate, entertain and inspire the black race worldwide. Instead it caters to the lowest common denominator, usually showing images that degrade and embarrass us. I don’t know what the Execs at BET are thinking but I bet they don’t even let their own kids watch the crud that they show. I agree with an earlier comment - what happened to Teen Summit, it was a show where young people could get together and talk about important issues and have some fun. Where is the commentary on the presendential races. I doesn’t make sense to have BET achievement awards once a year to honour people like Cornel West etc., if 364.5 days out of the year nothing else is ever said of these people or people like them. BET could embrace all sides of black culture/life from the neighbourhood streets to Wall Street but for some reason it insists on dwelling in a back alley promoting the negative things in our community that we need to overcome. We have more to offer than flashy chains & strip clubs……It shouldn’t just be boycotted - we should shut’em down!

If a BET boycott ever really does catch on, it’ll be a wonderful thing…

But, “Niggas is gon’ be niggas…” so I don’t see that ever happening.

How funny was it when Debra Lee was like “here at BET we’re not working hard enough. I saw 3 niggas reading, and 1 of them was smiling.”

Too bad the people that need to understand the satire probably won’t….

I am grateful that Concretelop posted this episode because this episode conveyed how most black people feel about the worst network in the history of television, BET.

BIGVON…WOW!

Took the thoughts right out of me. I absolutely agree. Stagnant on an auction block going for the highest bidder is what the black audience has been reduced to. Thank you concreteloop!

This is my first time posting a comment on this site however, I could not resist this. I absolutely love this episode. I applaud Aaron for scripting an episode that has the thoughts and ideas that are shared by many people. I never watch BET now. I get absolutely tired of seeing Black people displayed in stereotypical roles.

I wish the administration at BET headquarters would view this episode and realize there are people who want better.

I agree with Megan. I know that people don’t like the way BET portrays black people sometimes. But you can’t blame BET for violence. If your stupid enough to go and do something you see on t.v knowing that it is wrong thats you. Black people need to stop trying to pin the blame on others and take responsibility for their own actions and thats the problem with us blacks its easier for us to blame others then to stand up and say i am wrong. I live in Canada and there are black people in Canada but there are hardly any black shows and so i watch BET it is a black show so i support it to the fullest. Look how many white shows there are with so much drama on it too so why don’t people talk about that why do we always have to be the to bring down our own black race? why can’t we stick together like the rest of the races why we always have to be at war with each other i just don’t get and maybe i’ nver will. i know i love music and i am not dead and boring i know half of you people who wrote comments watched BET at some point of your life and listened to the same music they be playing on 106 and park!!

BET is all about the explotion and degrading of black people….For example my sis call me at work and was like ‘yea Raven Symone was on 106 and park gettin mad talkin about BET dont play her videos’ I was like yea cuz she was too wholesum and portrayed as a role model and that doesnt fit into BET critieria (s/p)…This epsiode hit the nail onthe head…I think either change the whole channels format or dont exist…And as for the college hill image I used to go to a HBCU and half of them didnt go to class they jus hung out in the yard

Gnarls Barkley. Cute.

I am 18 and like Huey I have found my self getting up from the television and saying to myself “what the hell am I doing”, the channel makes the us look like fools unapologetically and for so long nobody has said anything about it. I hate BET and above that I hate the fact that they can show a girls crotch out the door, but they have an issue playing Belly or other great black movies Uncensored. And another thing, I live in Canada, I am tired of hearing about THE WIRE and not being able to watch it, I can’t stand the Canadian Blackouts, and the bet Next or whatever that plays videos from 4 years ago (example Avant 4 Minuets ) I AM TIRED OF IT AND IT!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Ain’t it about time everyone noticed the truth. Bet always was a little janky but know its Janky and Bootleg. I’m blocking it until it gets better.

Why do people keep sayin that we scared of what white folks think. I can speak for most of us when I say its our children that see this mess and think its okay. TO HELL WITH WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

We all know that Viacom purchased B.E.T. from Bob Johnson. With that being said, Is it now safe to say that B.E.T. has turned into a non black person’s view of black people?

That’s probably how debra lee really is!!! ahahhahah
That’s why Free and AJ Quit!
If yaw’ll noticed Free left just before Bob Johnson retired, and AJ left right after.
I bet she’s NUTS!!!
I love the Boondocks!!

Can you guys be anymore blindsighted? The point of the matter is, BET is NOT doing it’s job. 98.9% of us black folks on here agree that it is a representation of our people, and to have this many people outraged is a disgrace. It’s a shame because the station was created for us. We the people are obviously not satisfied so what the hell are they doing? Black Entertainment Television my ass! We are not the ones that they are entertaining. They are entertaining everyone else who believes in those stereotypical images of African Americans. If I sit here and make a list of all the negatives versus the positives that BET is doing for us, I guarantee you that the ratio would be 99:1. Yes, BET tries to throw in the positive message here and there at times, but like I said before it is being watered down by all the negativity that it promotes. We are not all about shaking our ass in front of a drop top vehicle with spinning rims and some poom poom shorts. We are not looking for BET to raise our kids, shit I can raise my own damn kids, but for BET to put a label on us like that, I’m not buying it.

No one is asking for the station to be cancelled, it just needs to be improved. We got granted the opportunity to have our very own station and this is how we take advantage of that opportunity? Ms. Lee needs to open up her eyes and bring fourth something that would educate our youth instead of brainwashing them with all this ignorance flashing across the television screen. As of now, I fell terribly sorry for our upcoming generations. Hopefully they will have enough sense to recognize the differences. Point blank.

Check out the video responses to the 2008 controversy.

Leonard on Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iSkESu4bUY

Leonard on the N-Word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdy6ECKl3g

I think that it’s time for our culture to look above the horizons, and stop mimicking others to become whole. Become your own person, and quit looking excuses on why we are doomed for ignorance. I believe if we truly disagreed with the programming that BET was presenting, we would start another televised station, and support that station once it started it’s foundation. BET doesn’t have to be the only “black” station to represent our culture to the world. A lot of times when another black business is opened up in our neighborhood….what is said? “Man, im not going there…they are probably going to jack something up”, instead of supporting and offering new ideas. Let quit all the the talking and start showing action.

Cita’s wirld was not original it was her being ghetto as hell read below and teen summit was also a ripoff from MTV and ABC that all had similar shows where teens discussed various topics bet did have great shows back then but know they have with downhill I stopped watching when AJ and Free left and were replaced by that idiot Terrence and Rosci ditzy ass.

Cita’s World was a video music show that aired on Black Entertainment Television (BET) in the United States. It was the first show to feature a virtual reality black stereotypical character as the hostess named Cita. It was co-developed, produced and sometimes written by Tracye Z. Kinzer. The show ran from 2000 to 2002 in television. Thank goodness this show was canceled because it degrated the image of black people with this Cita character speaking in ebonics with her vocal set at loud. It was humiliating to watch black stereotype at it’s worst; before the Source Awards. The show was originally named Jam Zone when it was created in 1997, which was just a wall paper video show until 1999 when Cita emerged into the homes of millions.

In between videos, Cita would “talk” to the viewers, answer viewer mail and offer her unadulterated opinions on current events, celebritiies and more. The voice and motion of the Cita character was performed by Kittie. From Washington, DC to New York City and lastly Hollywood, Ca., the shows content came from producer Tracye Kinzer who assigned her writers Cliff McBean, Monica “Monie Mon” Dyson and Angela Yarborough topics to create great entertainment.

The show received heavy criticism from the Black community, mainly because of Cita’s controversial presentation. However, after three successful years, the show was cancelled in 2002.

Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cita%27s_World”

Excellent depiction of this joke of a network. BET is good for nothing and it is sad that a network such as BET who has a wonderful opportunity to provide positive portrayals of African-Americans chooses to be cowardly and show nothing but cooning and bafooning. What’s next modern day Black Face? Sorry I’m mistaken that is already being done on shows such as College Hill, Hell Date, and almost everything else on this horrible, stereotypical, mediocre, network.

Oh yeah i forgot about the great shows like ROC, the news show with ole girl with that jacked up hair, the discussion shows like the one with the women panel discussing topics. Dam now all you see sre those tired ass videos, old tv shows from the 90’s that come on tv one and american gangster.

We can’t totally blame the network, just watch another station, the best way to hurt this network, is simply not watch it, instead of complaining about it. Just have your kids watch educational shows, instead of the ignorant so called “REALITY SHOWS”

And while I’m commenting, why doesn’t the “BLACK” blog sites have any non-drama related blogs? Because that’s what “Ni99az” ( not Blacks) love drama, “Ni99az” love hearing about rappers beefing, “Ni99az” love drama, “Ni99az” give the decent “Black” people a bad name.

HA Ha! I have been waiting forever to see this episode and glad I did. BET is the worst. I wish they could be taken off the air, ASAP!

You should do everything in moderation, but not BET.
I started by limiting myself just to the videos years ago.
Then I realized that they were even poising the videos.
Yeah we all remember “BET After Dark”… sad!!!…..
I swear that is where Aaron McGruder got that song “Booty Butt Cheeks” he uses in his cartoon when talking about BET.
I knew it was over when they cancelled BET Nightly News,
like someone said… who the hell cancels the news???!!!!

The shows and people that were BET’s foundation are gone.
Teen Summit, Caribbean Rhythms with Rachael, Planet Groove, Video Soul with Donnie Simpson and Sherry Carter, Midnight Love, BET Nightly News, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley. Even Rap City was better.

I switched to BETJ (formally known as BET Jazz) years ago.
I have always listened to Jazz, so it wasn’t that big of a jump for me.
Within the last few years they have revamped and included new programming.
Don’t know if you can get it in your area, but it’s a great alternative to BET.

They have Neo-Soul music shows, Concerts, Jazz, Caribbean Shows,
My Two Cents with Keith Boykin (great discussion show), The Best Shorts (Black Short Films) and even the Turn On (an “grown up” music video show, with great R&B videos and R&B artist/guest who you normally don’t see interviews with.)
VH1Soul also has SOME decent video shows.

Take in mind all these stations are owned by Viacom,
the creators of “Flavor of Love” and “I Love NY”, which should be included in your boycott.

I was always told to take careful consideration what you take into your body.
That includes your mind and the images you let into your home.
The cartoon above is not a stretch from the truth, it is the truth.
Though I think he should have shown how BET seemed to be started with good intentions.
But we all know what they say about the road to hell.

Block the channel… it’s not for you anymore.
(That is just my advice, take or leave it).
It was created as a venue for Black artist and shows to be showcased when MTV refused, its mission has changed. Be careful of its current motives.

I think that it’s time for our culture to look above the horizons, and stop mimicking others to become whole. Become your own person, and quit looking excuses on why we are doomed for ignorance. I believe if we truly disagreed with the programming that BET was presenting, we would start another televised station, and support that station once it started its foundation. BET doesn’t have to be the only “black” station to represent our culture to the world. A lot of times when another black business is opened up in our neighborhood….what is said? “Man, I’m not going there…they are probably going to jack something up”, instead of supporting and offering new ideas. Let’s quit all the talking and start showing action.

A BLACK MAN WHO CAN READ AND WRITE IS A MODERN SLAVE….WOW..YALL STRETCHIN’…..WHY BLACK FOLKS ALWAYS THINK IF THEY DIFFER IN POINT….THEY R EDUCATED AND U R NOT……COON

@X MAN…THAT WAS MY POINT EXACTLY…THESE OLD FOOLZ..ON HERE TALKIN LIKE YALL ON THA PULPIT OR SUM’N…..IF IT AINT FOR U…ITS NOT 4…DO SUMTHIN 2 INNOVATE…INSTEAD OF YAPPPPPPPPPPPIN….MOST OF YALL WOULDN’T KNOW A GOOD SHOW ANYWAY..LET ALONE WOULD STAND FOR BET EVEN HAVIN A CONTROVERSIAL SHOW LIKE THE BOONDOCKS…..SINCE YALL SO OFFENDED BY SUM SHIT I WROTE…ANSWER THAT QUESTION….WHAT IS WRONG WIT SEE’N THA TRUTH REFLECTED ON TV……WHAT ABOUT ALL THA YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY BET..THA INTERNS THAT WOULD B NEEDED 2 EVEN CHANGE THE FACE OF BLK PEOPLE ON TV….WHAT ABOUT THA EXPOSURE……YALL JUS YAPPPPPPPPIN AND MOST OF YALL R HYPOCRITES…OUT OF TOUCH WIT A YOUNGER GENERATION……FROM WHAT I SEE…ALMOST REMOVED…..AND PERSONALLY I DONT GIV A FUC WHAT U HAV 2 SAY..IF IT AINT ABOUT OUR PROGRESSION AS A PEOPLE……AND YALL CAN HAV WACK ASS TVONE……………………………..TURN IT OFF..LIKE YALL(SUPPOSEDLY R ALREADY DOIN’) AND CONTINUE 2 WISH U WERE BETTER…MAYBE EVEN GET U SUM GOOD HAIR…AND U MIGHT EVEN WAKE UP ONE DAY NOT LIKIN’ CHICKEN’….SHIDDDDD U DO ALL THAT…AND MASSA FUC AROUND AND GIV SUM CO’NBREAD OFF OF THAT BIG TABLE…..

I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE SAID BOUT BET THE MAKE BLACK PEOPLE LOOK NON-DECENT WITH NO TRAINING AND THE DEF NEED TO MAKE IY BETTER THEY COMING UP WITH SOME OF THE MOST BORINGNESS SHOWS TODAY

LMAOOOO WOWWW THATS WAT BET GET THEY WHACK EVEN VH1 IS DOING IT WAY BETTER THAN THEM

I really like the theme song man it is like sooo deep and this is a funny episode

Ok, so Boondocks is a masterpiece altogether, but this episode was simply GENIUS!!! They always manage to bring the truth and I guess in this case, it was too much for people to handle since it was banned, which sucks. But Im from Toronto, and thank Heavens I was able to see this when it aired.
B.E.T. has definitely had some type of impact on the black community. Being from Toronto, I see many young people mimicking the things they see on the channel and having many of the attitudes that are portrayed by many of these rappers and people in the shows. Not to say that there are no ghettos or projects in the dot, but people think that because they see certain things and its magnified in the media, that they need to act that way as well. Its true, violence and teen pregnancy is on the rise, and I’m not blaming B.E.T. because parenting skills need to be held accountable as well, but the channel is raising kids in the absence of a strong parent figure, is learning and adapting values and behaviours from the channel.
I personally, don’t see the need in watching B.E.T.- same old music videos every damn day, and same bootlegg programming from MTV, VH1, etc etc. I remember when we first got it over here, and teen summit and hits from the streets was the ish to watch, even BET news. What’s happened? B.E.T. is not quality viewing and it is playing a prevalent role in the demise of the black community.
nevertheless, cutos to boondocks and this boondocks episode. I think its getting the necessary attention it deserves…look we’re all talking about it.

I am surprised this was even released online-it is very powerful! The shame is even if you don’t watch BET, they still are getting paid because it’s a channel thats included in most cable packages. Therefore, it doesn’t matter if you don’t watch, they’re still getting paid to produce crappy programming. I think I was officially through with BET when on their College Hill Interns, they could not find decent, respectful, truly on point black college students. I attended FAMU and the campus was full of productive, progressive people-yes we have our share of non-progressive people, but overall it was overwhelmingly positive. I think the same would hold true of most HBCU’S. However when you stoop to showing Black college aged folks who act like non-progressives as opposed to people trying to attain higher learning, what does a child have to aspire to in reference to college or being a productive person within society.

Genius episode. Lmfao at Goodlove doing the soulja boy

Megan,

You are driving home everyone’s point here. You had a mamma who loved you and raised you right. Someone who told you and taught you how you should walk, talk and act and you are a product of that upbringing. Unfortunately, MANY children don’t have that. There are too many parents who let tv raise their children. Instead of going outside to play like you and I did kids sit in their rooms and watch tv. There aren’t any conversations. Yes it’s a damn shame and they should be chastised for it but that’s not going to happen or change them. For many kids what they see, know and aspire to be is determined by what they see on tv. I can’t tell you how many kids I’ve talked to over the years who only aspire to sing, rap or play sports. You wonder why. It’s because the only “prominent” black people they see are rappers, singers and athletes. Little white kids can imagine themselves as a doctor, lawyer, teacher, playmate, dumb rich girl and everything in between. At least they have the option. What options do our kids have?

LOL that was hilarious. I guess that what Debra Lee looks like, under that mask she’s wearing

U know, BET like most of yall said went under after it was acquired by Viacom. I NEVER look at that mess anymore. It doesnt represent us anymore and propogates all the worst images—to white folks and younger viewers. In terms of kids being a product of BET, that’s what will happen if PARENTS don’t take parental responsibilities and instead leave BET (or TV in general!) to raise their kids for them! This isn’t just a black thing—this is a universal problem, whites, blacks, Hispanics, regardless of who u are, if u dont raise ur kids right and leave them to hours of unadulterated filth like BET, MTV, VH1, etc they’re gonna end up in a pretty pitiful position. They’ll have no interest in school, education, their future careers, etc since there’s so much obsession with celebrity culture and materialism as a poor substitute for a REAL FUTURE.

As far as BET goes, its gonna continue as long as ppl view this garbage. I fear what it’s gonna do in the UK, since it’s now over there. I’d hate to think of the images of Black British people they show once/if they start producing homegrown shows for them.

What’s sad about this whole Boondocks fiasco, is that free speech applies to some people but not all. Shows like South Park and Family Guy say really offensive things about African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Jewish people etc and none of their episodes have been banned. It’s a joke an exaggerated joke but a joke. No, I don’t think that BET is responsible for “bad apples” in the black community but I DO agree that Bet does air disgustingly misogynistic videos and completely mindless television.(but one cant completely blame that on BET OBVIOULSY they have an audience or else they wouldn’t be on air.) What happened to teen summit and the news(forgot what it was called)?

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this my shit

oh my lord!!! that episode wuz beastmode. but that is true about BET they take ideas from other networks. but so does MTV and VH1 why don’t they talk about those networks. I mean it seemslike they was doing it because a black person took some ideas, but when the white people do it, it’s ok. thats wrong. have a prob with with my coment contact me at deshay_adams@yahoo.com

The 16:23 mark was both brilliant and hilarious when he had the black woman and coon negro bow down to the white man and say “Master” for no reason, and even had the white man wonder why they did that. It was a brilliant nuance that McGruder had the white man, who’s really in control behind the scenes, come in for a cameo when he saw that the black woman in corporate America couldn’t control the situation like he trained her to. The brother, Aaron McGruder has a tremendous understanding of our people and how messed up they are. He also knows that the driving force of our people is to please the white man. I also enjoyed the satire of “Rollo Goodlove” who represents every phony black “leader” that black people buy into because they’re rich and on TV. I like when Rollo said, “I’ma change the system from the inside.”, lol. Normal coon negro mantra. No one changes the system. The system changes them.

we jus got BET in the UK about a month ago, at first i was lovin it then it turned into, MTV, we get these adds that tell us about famous black folk who “paved the way for us”

i thought by me havin this channel i would feel closer to the black community, however all i see is college hill(no 1 ever goes to school) and baldwin hills, which aint nothing but the black laguna beach.

the boondocks are highlighting some flaws within that establishment

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NO DISRESPECT TO ANY OF YOU BROTHERS OR SISTERS THAT MAY DISAGREE! JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY! @68

@70 BLOCKING IT OUT DOES NOT WILL NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY PORTRAYING US AN UNBALANCED LIGHT! IF I BLOCK IT OUT FOR MY BLACK CHILD TO NOT SEE IT! THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT BOBBY SUE IS GONNA BLOCK IT SO THAT HER WHITE CHILD DOESN’T SEE IT.BELOVED THAT’STHAT’S OUR IMAGE IS BEING DESTROYED ON THE DAILY! WHAT MAKES IT SO SAD IS THAT MY GRANDFATHER FOUGHT FOR BOB TO GET THAT DAMN CHANNEL!! BET STARTED OUT POSITIVE

LIKE I WAS SAYING BET STARTED OUT POSITIVE FOR US LIKE FUBU(FOR US BY US)LOL! ANYWAY BOB WAS ANERDY BROTHER! NOW HE’S THIS POMPOUS RACIST AGAINST HIS OWN OOPS! USED TO BE PEOPLE! WE WAS BLACK& Y B T ‘S OF HIS BACK IN THE DAY NOW WE ARE ONLY A DOLLAR SIGN SCREW BOB& HIS CRONIES WITH A DIS-eased CAT!ON THAT NOTE I BID YOU ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

OKAY WHAT THE HELL? ALL OF WHAT I HAD TO SAY 2 NUMBER 68 IS MISSING AND OTHER WORDS MISSING ON THE OTHER POST! YA.LL FOREVER F-IN MY POST UP! DAMN… IS THAT YOU BOB?

This may be true about BET but it would be wrong to make BET sound like the bad guys. Is MTV not having the same effect on America? The truth is that the majority of tv is tainting the minds of america. Dont put it all on BET.

I’M GOING 2 COMMENT B 4 I EVEN WATCH THIS……….. YEAH BET SUCKS AND ONLY SHOWCASES THE STEREOTYPES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE>>>> BUT MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS OWNED BY VIACOM…….THE SAME COMPANY THAT OWNS MTV>>>>>THEY COULD ATLEAST CHANGE THE NAME CONCIDERING THAT IT IS NOT A BLACK OWNED COMPANY ANY MORE…..HOW CAN YOU HAVE A NETWORK FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BEING BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think BET needs to watch this episode repeatedly and realize that what is on this show is true. BET displays horrible images of black people and everything our ancestors stood for. Watching women shake their behinds and men calling them everything but women. They should be ashamed and really should be put off the air. Money is not worth the deterioration of our black society. One way or another they will one day be accountable for their actions and realize that BET IS EVERYTHING BUT BLACK STAR POWER!!!

Who is Rollo Goodlove supposed to be?

Let me tell ya’ll something. This episode was probably not really “banned”. Knowing Aaron McGruder’s satire sense of humor, this was probably a joke in and out itself, how an episode bashing BET had to be taken down. He did a similar joke in the comic strip.

I don’t like the programming on BET, not because I hate being black, but because there is no BALANCE of intelligent vs. mindless programming. Sure MTV and VH1 have silly shows with white folks acting the fool, but those are a few out of several hundred! We barely have 10 - 15 shows and almost all of them are derrogatory to our people? Again - there is no balance. Where are OUR financial investment shows? Where are the “Different World” type sitcoms of the ‘ 90s that were really funny AND embraced higher education? I know that BET is first and foremost a business; a network that has to get viewers in order to make money. But if the only shows black people truly want to view are about hell dates and music videos, then the stereotype is true and we are in much more trouble than we think.

I really hope this episode is released soon because people(especially the youth) need to know what B.E.T is really about. With this episode of Boondocks maybe our generation will begin to open their eyes and see the true evil that is B.E.T. I don’t give B.E.T. any kudos because when it was owned by black people it could’ve been great. The shows could’ve had substance and comedy but helping their race was never in the agenda just a profit. Now that it owned by Viacom we have seen the rise of the controversial hot ghetto mess but I can’t honestly say that it would not have come to be if it was still owned by black people. It is also a shame how that while B.E.T is suppose to be for black people it isn’t that really black people on the channel. I’m not considered dark skinned but I don’t see no woman of my color or darker on B.E.T. As a matter of fact aren’t most of them spanish and mixed. So B.E.T. does need to be shut down
because they making a fool out of us and creating a lot of ignorance in the community.

I’m a BET hater, and haven’t watched that channel for a number of years now. There’s far too much rubbish on that network.

I’ve seen both of the banned episodes. They are two of the best and funniest Boondocks episodes produced. They can be found on any major torrent site. Gotta thank the Canadians for that

#62 and #70,

You are living in a fantasy land. The reason you might not be a statistic is because you probably have responsible parents. The same goes for white people that watch mtv and vh1 - their parents are the reason they don’t conform to the images they see on t.v. But how many of our black kids watching this channel have responsible parents? Their biological parents are just as ignorant, or not there at all. Hence, the television and their ignorant ass friends are the parents. Reality - The world revolves around sex. BET teaches our young men that if they want to have sex they have to be dangerous, money making thugs, because “bitches love a thug with paper”. BET teaches our young ladies to flaunt their bodies to get that “thugged out hustla” and lead the exciting lifestyle that they crave. Fuck buying a home or other appriciating assests, get these rims so you can shine like a peacock and attract women.

Cee-lo Green was funny as Rev. Goodlove. I love the truth straight with no chaser. Cartoon Network does its network justice by letting Aaron McGruder’s message go unchanged. Although with all he other edgy material the Boondock’s touches on why ban this episode?

Rollo Goodlove represents Jessie Jackson the most ignorant N word with a vocabulary that ever lived. He has done nothing notable but advertise himself as a helper of black people but what exactly has he helped?

Rollo Goodlove is a great Jessie Jackson lol. I am only on this site because I was looking online for this episode but from what I read some people here are hypocrits, people on here are more in touch with Jayz and Beyonces marriage then whats going on in their own homes. I am black but alot of my people make me sick and I dont hate myself.

Do we pay attention to anything we do? I have been called the N word by more blacks then any white man. Oh and dont even get me started on Bathing Apes.

We wear clothes that call you a clean monkey!!! made a song about it and everything.

Yall enjoy being Bathing Apes. I am going to continue to appose the very existance of this mass destributed ignorance and the wide exceptance thereof

Again, I would like to reinforce the “Something is better than Nothing”.

I’d rather be seen as an mystery or engima to outsiders…

It’s alot better than being seen as an ignorant fool before you even open your mouth.
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Its a shame that an educated black person is a “surprise” to other socail groups.

Its even more of a shame that an educated black person is a “surprise” to other black people.

It is thrice a shame that an educated black person is seen as an enemy to black people.

B-E-T is tha shit

me personally at 1 time i did see da similarities between bet and otha stationz but aint think notin of it its television…..entertainment i don’t watch it like that but when i do its usually somethin entertainin.n if it aint da whole thing dats a prob (none of it is really) its certain shows.like sundays hello its got gospel on n stuff…..people need 2 try and see the whole point….i don’t think there’s that much wrong wit it it aint DA CHANNEL dats a prob….we got blak people on alot of music channels showin THE SAME STUFF soo why are people only criticising BET……yall should think bout dat

me personally at 1 time i did see da similarities between bet and otha stationz but aint think notin of it its television…..entertainment i don’t watch it like that but when i do its usually somethin entertainin.n if it aint da whole thing dats a prob (none of it is really) its certain shows.like sundays hello its got gospel on n stuff…..people need 2 try and see the whole point….i don’t think there’s that much wrong wit it it aint DA CHANNEL dats a prob….we got blak people on alot of music channels showin THE SAME STUFF soo why are people only criticising BET……yall should think bout dat

omfg i jus luv the boondocks 4 puttin BET out lyk that!!! lmao. but realli i honestly think that BET is biterish and that they depict black ppl in the wrong way. yes, its very true that it shuld not be an excuse for “raising children”, but its the mere fact that wen kids dont have proper parents teachin them right, they r gonna go straight 2 the tv. nd its a damn shame that one of the small amounts of black stations on tv today (that also claims to be here for us; “Black Entertainment Television”) degrades us as ignant, whores, and ghetto! its sad!! and its not even original! it shuld either change its ways, or shut down. nd i think that if IF ENOUGH OF US STOP WATCHIN IT, IT WILL GET THE MESSAGE ND CHANGE.

lets do it 4 the sake of african americans everywhere nd show them (BET, nd others *megan*) that we r proud to be black nd we won’t stand 4 it!

nd i’m a lil bit confused on y ppl hate terrence nd rocsi….can sum1 be kind nd explain plz? thx

I use to watch BET when I was younger, It has changed for the worse. There use to be many political shows and jazz shows, history moments and a few sitcoms. Now, half naked women, music videos and some of the dumbest reality television I have ever seen. The Boondocks, hit the nail on the head with this one. Let’s get this station to change the mess it has created.

Yea B.E.T. Lost a Major part in history nowadays i get more enjoyment watching cartoons than B.E.T. but this episode really broke it down alot. I applaud Aaron McGruder for a fantastic show