>Are you serious?

Yes. Black is too diverse for me to advocate calling anything "Black" this or "Black" that.

Or maybe I should just look for a new name for myself.

Does LifeTime
>represent all women?

What's their motto? Women something or other? TV for Women? I dunno if they entertain women. I have never watched Lifetime.

Television FOR women is different than Women's Television.

My big mouth is just one of my attributes, whereas if I call myself Big Mouth Angie, that's what I will be known as. That will be my outstanding attribute.

>I'm not a fan of BET
>but they obviously entertain enough
>Black people to stay on the
>air.

I'm sure they do. Just like DMX is crazy entertaining to millions, just not me. I never said they should be off the air.

But, I ain't trying to change BET (yet), just the neighborhood I grew up in and hopefully a small slice of Hollywood. So, go Bob Johnson (or Viacom or whomever).

So, yep, excuse me if I don't like that, given the state of a large percentage of our youth, the only thing labeled BLACK on the dial is the one with the naked breasts in my face. Yes, it's entertainment, but Black entertainment is even more diverse than what I see there. I am Black and not entertained by that. Call it the "Titty and a Little Bit of Tavis Smiley" network. Shit. Call it something.

Lenny Kravitz is Black. He entertains me. I'm Black. How can I see a LK Video? I go to VH1. So, for me, VH1 is my BET. I should call them and tell them to start selling African Pride relaxers (god, what a funny name) after every Lenny Kravitz video. They're missing a whole market.

MTV = Music Television. Hey, it's music. I might not like it, but sonically, it's music. HBO - It's a Home Box Office. Essence Magazine, nice title!

But, hey, that's just my opinion...and yes, I am doing something about it.

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