VH1 Being Boycotted for Portrayal of Black Women
A boycott has been launched against VH1 by Black Media News for the station’s portrayal of black women in its CelebReality shows. The boycott stems from a story leaked by an alleged employee of the company stating that VH1 passed on a new series entitled “Interracial Love” in which professional black women would look for a love a different race. The employee claimed the show was passed on because VH1 execs said that the public only wants to see “ghetto” acting black people. EURweb.com has obtained this letter from Black Media News concerning the boycott:
To whom it may concern,
There is a boycott that has taken a life of its own against the VH1 Network. We here at Black Media News have been watching the support around this boycott. VH1 had made racist comments about black women and why they only cast shows that stereotype black women as ghetto. The story was leaked on the Tom Joyner morning show and was also reported on Black Press Radio. The following comments were made by an employee of VH1. We feel these statements are worse than Don Imus due to the fact that they are not talking about just 12 black women they are talking about an entire race of black women. VH1 shows their views in their shows of black women. They have been type casting with black women only in ghetto roles. This is a very racist view and we ask for the continued support of this boycott. There are links below of the story black press radio did on this boycott and an editorial.
This story will be updated when more information becomes available.
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September 5th, 2007 at 7:08 am
I really don’t see the public having a problem with the display of professional people, regardless of ethnicity.
That being said, I do see people thinking the idea behind the show would be really dumb =p
September 12th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Interracial relationships are viewed as a positive step towards smoother race relations by some; as “sellout” behavior and a denial of racial heritage by others.
According to U.S. Census reports, interracial marriages more than doubled between 1980 and 1995. Black/White marriages increased an estimated 96% overall, with marriages between of Black women and White men increasing 171%. Blacks with other races increased a whopping 124% during the same period.
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September 27th, 2007 at 11:22 am
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