25 Events That [Mis] Shaped Black America

[Catman]

Is anyone watching this right now? It's on BET. Yes...B.E.T.

 

[Road Warrior]

I saw it. It was interesting.

 

[AlteredEgo]

any examples. maybe the forming of BET for example?

 

[chaseter]

I only watch WET

 

[bullets]

I only watch WET

The 2,225 events that (mis) shaped White America

 

[Catman]

any examples. maybe the forming of BET for example?

lol t:

Their examples were stuff like slavery, drugs, and . . .

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I kid you not.

 

[chaseter]

^Poor Eddie Murphy

And LS is going to be pissed that his race hates Soul Glo

 

[Catman]

There's a repeat at 1am for those interested.

EDIT:

3am. Never mind.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, the drugs were a biggie. Other races did and do drugs, but we just ****ed ourselves up big time on them.

 

[William_C]

Soul Glo
or the movie Coming to America?

Cause from what I can tell, both did wonders for the African American community, world wide. Horrible for those who had friends who used Soul Glo and slouched on their couches or stayed the night over.

 

[Matt]

Coming to America may have sucked, but Eddie Murphy's white man disguise gag is great so it should negate Coming to America.

Cashier: *charges black man for the newspaper. Waits for him to leave, looks to Murphy disguised as a white man, also buying a newspaper* Go on! Take it!

Classic

 

[raybia]

I only watch WET

So you watch ABC, NBC, CBS, AND FOX among others?

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Coming to America may have sucked, but Eddie Murphy's white man disguise gag is great so it should negate Coming to America.

Cashier: *charges black man for the newspaper. Waits for him to leave, looks to Murphy disguised as a white man, also buying a newspaper* Go on! Take it!

Classic

Coming to America was great, one of Eddie Murphy's best movies.

 

[Krypton Girl]

I don't have cable so I'm stuck watching all of my interesting non-mainstream media from PBS.

So you watch ABC, NBC, CBS, AND FOX among others?

Bravo, Raybia, well said.

 

[raybia]

I don't have cable so I'm stuck watching all of my interesting non-mainstream media from PBS.



Bravo, Raybia, well said.

A Rose by any other name is still a Rose.

 

[Memphis Slim]

I've sen that stupid show before. Leave it to BET to not air something positive and uplifting for our people. How about the Booker T Washington story?? How the Black Inventors??? Black Firsts?? How about inspiring the young black minds that watch that channel!! The message they get is

THE MAN IS DOIN' US WRONG.
WE'RE PO' AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
BUSH IS EVIL
AMERICA IS EVIL.
I DON'T NEED AN EDUCATION
GANGSTA RAP IS GOOD.
BEING A GANGSTA IS COOL.

Noooooo......they go get Paul Mooney and a bunch comedians and celebs who probably party more than they read, slam America and anything else.

The Supreme Court was on the list!! And what did they focus on?? Not the civil rights legislation they upheld in the 60's. Not Thurgood Marshall the first black justice. They went all the way back to DRED SCOTT!!! Come on!! It's just wrong to be black and think good things about your country on BET.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

uplighting for our people. How about the Booker T Washington story?? How the Black Inventors???

You the Black inventor...invent word "Uplighting" !

 

[Colossal Spoons]

lol

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Spoons, I hope you're not trying to downlight Slim.

You currently have the hottest avatar btw. Damn.

 

[PyroChamber]

One of the commentators said that rap music is one of the worst things to happen to black people.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Rap music didn't "happen to" Black people.
Black people invented it.

Airplanes were not the best thing to "happen to" the Wright Brothers, the stable, steerable airplane was their best invention.

 

[Catman]

Coming to America may have sucked

What? Coming to America is the second best Eddie Murphy movie. It's right under Beverly Hills Cop.

 

[QueerMike]

(no specific order)
Whitey
whips and chains
the english language
slavery
the cotton industry
Civil War
Klu Klux Klan
marijuana
watermelon
chitlins
ribs
fried chicken
collards
heroin(heron)
grape soda
Billy Dee Williams
malt liquor
crack
The prison system
gangsta rap
fat asses
sol-glo
weaves
gold teeth
fubu

 

[terry78]

I'll give you the soul food. That **** would kill a bull elephant.

 

[Catman]

I'll give you the soul food. That **** would kill a bull elephant.

One of the comedians (yes they had comedians) was basically saying the same thing.