Bias you can BET on

The American Thinker ^ | July 16, 2009 | Lloyd Marcus

[Scanian]

While flipping through the channels with my remote, I stopped on the movie, "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" on BET (Black Entertainment Television). Excellent movie. During a commercial break, they gave a news update. An announcer said, "They tried to get the Bronx kid, Sonia Sotomayor, but she beat them". There was not one mention of Sotomayor's controversial racist statements. Thus, black viewers who don't follow the news closely are led to conclude that those "evil racist white republicans" are at it again trying to block a person of color.

I wonder how BET reported the Democrats' trashing of black, Clarence Thomas and Hispanic, Alberto Gonzalez?

Well, those two traitors deserved to be trashed. How dare they prosper without Affirmative Action and lowered standards contradicting the democrat's victim-hood rhetoric. Education, hard work and character? Heck No! We can not allow such a conservative message to influence black youths. These Uncle Toms must be destroyed!

Then, the announcer praised Obama for his Surgeon General nominee, Regina Benjamin, a black woman. Again, no mention of Benjamin's politics, which are far left. The report glowingly praised Benjamin for her wonderful work helping victims of hurricane Katrina. Call me crazy, but I believe they even super-imposed a subtle halo over her head. Just kidding. However, any opposition to Benjamin will be reported as more racism from those freaking S.O.B republicans.

Folks, this is so wrong and a huge disservice to African Americans. Urban radio is also guilty of unfair and unbalanced liberal favored reporting. No wonder Obama received 90% of the black vote. No wonder Black Americans do not have a clue regarding what is truly going on in our country.

[Paradox]

Living in the City, I frequently listen to “black” radio stations, because I like the music (old “funk”, pre-gangsta Rap, “new jack”). I am no longer surprised by the bias on those stations. Dismayed, yes, but not surprised. Actually, its worse than bias, its borderline hatred sometimes.

[driftless2]

After four years of Obama, and their lives little changed, I think many Black and other "minorities" might have a different view of the Victicrat Party. Obviously given the percentage of Blacks (95%)who voted for Obama, they believe great things will issue from Washington on their behalf. When they don't, what will they think? Even when Obama steals more of the producers wealth, which will include many wealthy Black people too, the people to whom it is intended for will little gain from the pittance. Their lives will remain the same. What will they think then?

At some point minorities will finally wake up and realize it is only themselves who will make their lives better and not big government. Nobody in the Victicrat Party has the guts to tell them this, but they will eventually find out the truth.

[BigCinBigD]

BET could broadcast the Miss Universe nude pageant live and uncut. And I wouldn't watch a moment of it.

[TexasM1A]

You sir will be found to be incorrect.
The majority of the black community is too far gone, to many of them are now permanent members of the victim class..

[RushLake]

When I am in Southeast Michigan I tune in WCHB AM 1200 in the morning to listen to the racist Mildred Gaddis talk program. It isn't so much that she is blatantly racist, more subtle. It is that she allows a stream of white hating "Brother Barack" loving callers to spew their invective. Some are very careful, but others are blatant.

My point is that I think you're, perhaps, too optomistic. The callers to the above mentioned show are the people who are focused enough at that hour of the morning to actually make the call and attempt to make a point. They are the ones who support and promote the blame whitey scenario. They are the "overseers" if you will of the black Lieberal plantation. Its gonna be centuries before enough wake up.

[momincombatboots]

It must be your evil white DNA. According to Dick Durban "When we asked questions of the white male nominees of a Republican president, we were basically trying to find out whether-- to make sure that they would go far enough in understanding the plight of minorities, because clearly that was not in their DNA." Another racist!

[driftless2]

"talk program"

I live in western Wisconsin and I can pick up a black radio station 1690 am from Chicago when I take my morning lunch break at work. The people calling in do not uniformly support everything the lib elites stand for although obviously the show's hosts do. When they get a black caller who criticizes Obama or the Victicrat Party, the hosts are astonished and refuse to debate the caller on his or her central points. The caller is treated as some sort of a renegade who does not understand the drive for "social justice" as they like to put it. But there are Black dissidents out there who will not accept the submissive role the Victicrat Party has laid out for them.

[driftless2]

"permanent members"

Sure, in 2012 we'll still have ninety per cent plus voting for Obama. But I refuse to believe so many Black Americans will not eventually see the light. Obama is the first Black president something that has been a dream for Black Americans since the end of the Civil War. From what I've read from a variety of Black writers and average citizens over the decades (I'm almost sixty), I gathered that many of them thought the arrival of a Black president would make their lives equal in material benefits to the rest of Americans. The playing field would be leveled.

Well we all know there is no such thing as a level playing field not even for so-called "privileged" White Americans. I lived a number of years in a basement house until my father completed the rest of it. My family of eight received no gov handouts. Teddy Kennedy and many of the present lib elites didn't live in basement houses or eat sugar sandwiches when they were hungry. When their lives remain virtually unchanged from before The Anointed One became president (or maybe get worse), I firmly believe millions of Black Americans will strongly question their decision to back the Victicrat Party...the party that has chained them down the last forty years.

[TSgt]

Enlightenment is preceded by education so this will not happen as most of them turn their backs on education.

[TexasM1A]

I hope you are right, I personally do not see it.
All I see is the continued tunnel vision and general lack of thought given to politics or other issues that directly affect not just the “black community” but the overall community at large.
They seem to embrace the things that are at the opposite ends of what would be in thier best interest ( a tired cliche I know).

[driftless2]

"education"

They're presently getting an education in reality. Obama will not make their lives better, in fact he is making them worse. I'm not predicting a mass exodus from the Victicrat Party to the Pubbies or Libertarians, I'm just saying millions of Black Americans are going to be severely disillusioned by four years of nothing from Obama.

[driftless2]

"education"

They're presently getting an education in reality. Obama will not make their lives better, in fact he is making them worse. I'm not predicting a mass exodus from the Victicrat Party to the Pubbies or Libertarians, I'm just saying millions of Black Americans are going to be severely disillusioned by four years of nothing from Obama.

[TSgt]

We’ll have to agree to disagree. :)

I attended inner-city schools where I was a minority and used to live in the inner-city and can tell you firsthand they are taught to view the world as a victim. It’s no different than how the muslims program their children to hate Jews or how North Korea programs their children to hate America. Only a few of my black friends were able to realize the freedom and power that comes with education and even they were considered outcasts by their peers.

Until the circle of ignorance and government dependence is broken they will continue to vote Democrat.

[erman]

BET going with Sotomayor is laughable.

It would be like the Jewish radio stations pulling for that little known artist, Adolph Hitler.

Does BET think that Sotomayor is gonna be pulling for African-Americans...bwahahhahahhaha...

If the execs at BET would look at what is happening in Los Angeles....cause these fellow just love African-Americans

For target practice.....

I wonder if someone would ask the Judge, "Ms. Sotomayor, have you used the term 'mayate' or any of your close Latina friend used that term? Could you define the word for us?".... hahahahahhaahaha.... If BET and Obama are worried about white racist, they should take a walk through a hispanic neighborhood.... brothers.

[Scanian]

Actually, Sotomayor (Sp: “Big Thicket”) did show favoritism to blacks in the Ricci case. Anything to upset the “power structure,” don’t you know.

As a Puerto Rican, the choice slurs in her neighborhood might have been “co-colos,” or “mollos,” maybe. “Mayate” is a Mexican slam and actually means “dung beetle.”

[erman]

As a Puerto Rican, the choice slurs in her neighborhood might have been “co-colos,” or “mollos,” maybe. “Mayate” is a Mexican slam and actually means “dung beetle.”

I didn't know that about Puerto Rican nicknames. I always heard "Mayate" around our house.

Makes sense though. It's funny how a lot of people think of "hispanic" as one big bag, but a Cuban, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Argentinean, and Mexican are as diverse as a California surfer, West Virginia coal miner, Alaskan fishing guide, Texas roughneck oil worker, New York bartender and Boston whatever they do.

[Scanian]

Not in their DNA unless they live as minorities in places like Zimbabwe or S.Africa. And then what?

[Verginius Rufus]

The whole point of Obama picking Sotomayor was to put Senate Republicans in a bind where they would either roll over and play dead or else antagonize “Hispanics” by daring to ask questions of the nominee. Otherwise he would have picked one of the many better-qualified potential nominees.

[Scanian]

I’d say the Dems have really irked Kyl with their little porkulus “blackmail” scheme because he’s coming down pretty hard on Slippery Sonia today.

One pundit made the comment yesterday that Republicans chasing Hispanic voters was a fool’s errand since last November they represented 8% of the total vote. Turning 10% of them to the pubbies would only mean perhaps a million votes. Acting like real conservatives, on the other hand, might actually help shore up the base and gain twice that many votes for the GOP. But maybe it’s more important to the Miss Lindsey’s of this world to be politically correct than politically successful.

BTW, I haven’t seen any polling on Sotomayor (Sp: “Big Thicket”—sort of like her impenetrable hearing responses) but I really don’t think that her views coincide with those of the majority of Hispanic CITIZENS in this country—i.e., those who can vote legally. She is way left of them on abortion and gives off dyke-ish vibes that aren’t popular in the militantly hetero Latin world. So, to me it is questionable to this 1/2 Hispanic as to how palatable this woman is to the majority of Latino voters, though polls may prove me wrong.