[quote=Justthetruth;5797334]    When BET went on air in 1980, American TV was still predominantly white. Black culture did not really make it into mainstream television until the Cosby Show started, and even then it was exceptional.  Until the mid-1970s, most TV shows were produced by whites, had white actors and was targeted towards a white audience, completely ignoring millions of African-American viewers.    Are you forgetting about Sanford and Son, the Jeffersons and Good Times? What about Roots, the whole nation was watching that White guilt trip, historically inaccurate, exaggerated trash in the 70s.:rolleyes: What about Fat Albert? Wasn't that in the 70s too? And not to mention the countless, anti White, RACIST Blaxploitation films they made in the 70s. Blacks are actually disproportionately represented in the media, and have been since the 70s. Blacks only make up around 12% of the US population, but judging from the TV and movies you would think it's more like 40%. PS- You meant to say most TV shows were produced by Jews, and still are.      Bottom line, white people complaining about blacks having a network targeting their own people, is pretty ignorant.    I think it's great. Now where's ours?     However, I do agree that in the past 20 years, black culture has successfully become part of mainstream television, so there's really no need for a separate network for blacks. But since BET is a successful multi-million dollar corporation, mainly owned by whites,    Owned by a Zionist Jew by the name of Sumner Redstone, formerly Rothstein.    it would be a tough call to close them down because the mission of bringing integration to Television has been accomplished.    racial integration=genocide.