Posts Tagged ‘Black Entertainment Television’

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May03

Thanks For Telling Us After The Fact

by Duane on May 3rd, 2010 at 8:34 am
Posted In: Headlines, Our Expression, The Media

“Don’t even get me started,’ says the 60-year-old Johnson, who has since divorced and remarried (charmingly enough, to the Virginia circuit court judge who presided over her divorce). ‘I don’t watch it. I suggest to my kids [a twentysomething daughter and a college-age son] that they don’t watch it… I’m ashamed of it, if you [...]

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Apr05

Some Monday Gumbo

by Duane on April 5th, 2010 at 9:43 am
Posted In: Headlines

Target expands offering of African-American hair care products
Interview with Debra L. Lee, chairwoman and chief executive of BET Networks
The Black Church is Dead (Dr. Eddie Glaude)
Tyler Perry’s impressive weekend
And lastly, a message from a father to his son in my facebook family.
“…my first born son, no one on this planet can make that claim except [...]

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Jul03

It begins here

by Duane on July 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
Posted In: Commentary, Our children, Our Expression

Okay, all the hatin’ over the BET Awards show is really getting silly. Don’t like BET? Then work on changing the culture FIRST. If you can change the culture, you will decrease demand for what you feel misrepresents Black folks. Do it the other way around, and more “BETs” will pop up.
Need an example? [...]

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Jun29

What did you expect? The Academy Awards?

by Duane on June 29th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Posted In: Our Expression

I intentionally missed 99.9% of the BET Awards show last night because I simply do not watch award shows, period. After reading all the comments on Facebook regarding the show (folks were blasting it left and right), I thought that maybe I would give it a chance.
The show had some good points, but it [...]

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Jun10

Bob Johnson expands Urban Trust

by Duane on June 10th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Posted In: Economy, Headlines, success

“An Orlando bank called Urban Trust Bank and owned these past three years by Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder and billionaire Robert Johnson is coming to the Tampa Bay area. The bank, which already operates branches in Walmart stores, is buying seven of the giant chain’s in-store bank branches from Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks. They include [...]

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