tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401187.post6872295255528707043..comments2023-10-17T05:34:48.484-07:00Comments on Hip Hop Politics: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00912910992646394639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401187.post-28936114278230884322011-05-18T22:27:12.046-07:002011-05-18T22:27:12.046-07:00So all gay people are white? Intelligent.So all gay people are white? Intelligent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401187.post-54897280049462644632010-10-31T20:07:40.844-07:002010-10-31T20:07:40.844-07:00times are very interesting these days. We all real...times are very interesting these days. We all really need to gain a wake up call and get on the same page. Human beings unite.Undakovahttp://www.undakova.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401187.post-48898874916408868152010-10-07T07:57:35.772-07:002010-10-07T07:57:35.772-07:00Coming from a young white person, I think the answ...Coming from a young white person, I think the answer is a broad one. I am not excusing people who claim the need for a white-only entertainment network; I think it is unneccesary, and counterproductive to a truly homogeneous American society. I also tend to think that way about the BET.<br /><br /> I think the empty request for a W.E.T. is reactionary to the frustration that average whites feel in response to white culture seeming valueless in today's society. White people are told their history is filled with achievements, and they feel pride in their race for them, but also shame for the oppression those achievements caused. While remembering history as a whole is correct, all races have benefited from many of those achievements, just like history from any other race. I know a lot of white people (myself included) who are proud of their heritage, and would like to be able to show it without sounding like a neo-nazi or klansman. Average, peaceful whites are also angered because their culture is being "represented" by these deplorable hate-mongerers. <br /><br /> It is standard practice in today's society, as you demonstrated, to call a white a "redneck." Why is this? "Redneck" directly relates to the color of one's skin, and their vocation as an outdoor laborer. This is a slur, and I for one think it is not relevant in today's society, and smacks of bigotry. I have heard some whites try to adopt the slur as a badge of pride, which to me is really sorry.<br /><br /> You state that the BET represents the urban, hip hop crowd. If that is so, why is it called the BET, and not the Hip Hop Entertainment Channel. I think that is where people get confused about the BET; the fact that race is a part of the very title of the channel. <br /><br /> I apologize for the rambling response. I am open to an actual discussion on this. I am naive in many things of black culture and hip-hop/ urban culture, because it is not my culture. I grew up in a town with 600 white people in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Hopefully I have found a forum in which to have this discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com