Talking Loud and Saying Something

I am at my wits ends there is a supreme lack of moral tact and professionalism in society and it was perpetuated on the highest level last night with the BET awards. I have gotten to the point where I am so frustrated where I am compelled to write the executives at BET and voice my concerns and issues. Yes I know there may be a slight chance of them even being impacted by my letter but I feel I must do it. As bad as the show was, what was worse were the comments made by so many via twitter and facebook during the show, and for all of us to feel some kind of way about the show and the programming that takes place on BET and not do anything is a far greater injustice. Just imagine if our parents/grand parents who were part of the civil rights movement felt the same way as many of my friends "my voice wont matter." Yes the task seems daunting and overwhelming for one person but if enough of us decide to take a stance that single yell can turn into a deafening roar, the question is do we really want to be heard, or are we comfortable complaining.

Below is the copy of the letter i plan on sending to BET feel free to copy it or send your own version to the executives at BET; we can not take this lightly and from looking at the upcoming programing its obvious BET could care less about what the intelligent educated members of the viewing community feel.



BET you never cease to amaze me and last night during the BET awards was another case. First of all I would like to say thank you for your feeble, terrible, futile attempt to honor the King of Pop. Honestly you would have been better off not even promoting that part and let the viewers be surprised or disappointed by what they saw when they tuned in. I say that because there wasn't much of a tribute outside of Ciara's poor rendition of heal the world, an obviously unprepared New Edition, and the saviors of the night Ne-Yo and Jamie Foxx. I will say thank you for having Janet Jackson speak, as well as the mini PSAs about positive blacks, but considering the rest of the hot mess on the show it was like placing a band-aid over a gun shot wound. It seemed as if that without the "tribute" the show would have been even more horrible, and I'm not even talking about the performances. The horrible editing that was done for unacceptable language, the inability to keep the stage crew out of view, and the horrible cuing of Jamie Foxx during the show were embarrassments and showed a supreme lack of professionalism for the award show.
I'm honestly not going to go into the performances because that isn't your fault as much as it is the fans because we force your hands by listening/buying/dancing to this hot mess and you are doing your job by providing us what we want, even though many complained during and after.

BET had the world eyes on them and had an opportunity to be the first to honor a man that made it possible to exist, but once again you dropped the ball and allowed Black entertainment to be publicly embarrassed. Where is your professionalism, the desire to take a stand against BS entertainment, your love for Michael Jackson to properly honor him. As the saying goes if you aren't going to do it the right way don't do it at all.

Once again BET I, my colleagues, and this world need you to do better!!!