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We all have our opinions regarding BET (I certainly do), but one former employee of the company is shedding light on the criticisms and even justifies them.

Andreas Hale was let go as Executive Editor of Music at BET.com on Tuesday and sent an email “to friends, colleagues and those that should know” that quickly spread around the ‘net. In it, Hale explained that when he accepted the position, he needed “365 days to sleep with the enemy and infiltrate the system. One year to see if they REALLY wanted change at BET.”

Hale states that he had always been critical of BET, “but it was an opportunity I absolutely had to take.” He adds that although he was hired to bring about change, he “was systematically shut down. I wasn’t hired to make noise, I was hired to be silenced.”

Read the letter in its entirety below:

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