Wednesday, January 30, 2008

"He that is not with me is against me." (Luke 11:23)

Debra Lee of BET forms an "alliance" with
false prophets calling themselves black clergy

In the verse above, Jesus was saying that if a person is not on God’s side, he or she is on Satan’s. There is no neutral ground. Christ allowed no middle ground to the moneychangers in the Temple. Jesus was angry at the dishonest, greedy practices of the moneychangers and merchants, and he particularly disliked their presence on the temple grounds. They were making a mockery of God’s house of worship. Jesus took the evil acts in the temple as an insult against God, and thus he did not deal with them halfheartedly. He was consumed with righteous anger against such flagrant disrespect for God. (See John 2:13-16).

This past weekend, in reading the January 25, 2008 post on the blog Whataboutourdaughters, entitled "Payola in the Pulpit -- BET 'Bribes' Black Clergy," I learned that Black "Exploitation" Television (BET) is sponsoring the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference (SDPC) in New Orleans from February 11-14. This organization is made up of accomplished and highly respected black clergy. Apparently, the organization wrote a "clergy support letter" designed to counter the challenges that the Enough Is Enough Campaign and others have made about the offensive music video content BET markets to children and youth everyday on its top rated video programs. WAOD.

As we all know, BET for the last 25 years or more have been the purveyor of all things smutty as it relates to black folks and the images of black women in particular. I won't go into detail in mentioning all the “fine” shows that they've delivered to black people over the years. Some so-called activist are torn between allowing BET more time to produce positive programming on its network and continuing the fight against Debra Lee, the president of BET, in her mission to make money through the continual showcasing of black degeneration. I myself have weighed the merits and demerits in keeping the focus on Lee and BET and have come to the conclusion that the fight against Lee must continue.

In one respect, B.E.T sporadically offers positive programming in the form of shows like “Keep the Faith” and award shows honoring black community icons like Congresswoman Maxine Waters and in another respect, the network continues to showcase irrefutable smut through its videos shown all throughout the day and night featuring half-naked black women. I have reached the decision that the showcasing of the smut considerably outweighs any attempt by the network to redeem itself through the occasional use of an award’s show here and there. Apparently, the black clergy who have formed this "alliance" with BET have not come to this realization. You don't have to have a theology degree or to have gone to divinity school to know that when you align yourself with everything that is evil and reprobate in this world, then you have told the world that that is who and what you are also. I expected a bit more from people who call themselves men and women of God. It is a shame that people that we look up to would rather get paid than to stand up for what is right -- that is call BET out for "pimping" our community and degrading black women through its video.

To put it directly, the SDPC's decision to form a "strategic alliance" with BET shows that for that all mighty dollar they, like BET, are willing to support and need I say advance the degradation of black women. They have told all of us on whose side they stand and that is the Devil's side because BET, like the Devil, is no less than everything that is false, defiled, unrighteous, ugly and dishonest in this world. To analogize things, BET is to the SDPC as evil is to evil.

That said, we must continue to freeze the target – Debra Lee and BET -- and any organization that chooses to align itself with her in her war to assault and permanently damage the minds and souls of black folk. That means SDPC, like BET, you've been added to the axis of evil.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What about the women who allow themselves to be degraded? If they would show some type of self respect then we wouldnt have this problem!