[IndianaGirl]

Originally Posted by RebelBelle

The purpose of Black History month is to celebrate the history that we don't always get to learn about. The fact is that I took 2 semesters of African American History in college and learned things that I had never even heard before during 20 years of life where I was educated in one of the best school districts in the state. What they teach in school and provide in textbooks is just simply not a balanced and true education.

As far as minority scholarships, I have no problem with that either. In America, anyone that wasn't an affluent white man was shut out of higher education for hundreds of years. During this time, the group that WAS allowed to achieve higher education got better jobs making more money. Therefore, that group began to accumulate wealth that would allow them to fund the education of their future children, who would then be able to fund their children's educations and on and on. Minority scholarships were created to provide the educational funding to allow minorities (women, African Americans, Latinos, etc.) seeking higher education the oportunity to afford it. Thereby leveling the playing ground. Perhaps after hundreds of years then there will no longer be a need for minority scholarships....

As far as BET, it was created like any other Media Outlet to target a particular group of individuals for advertising purposes. I don't see anyone lining up to challenge Disney, WE, Spike, or FoxNews for targeting kids, women, men, or conservatives respectively. While I personally wouldn't have chosen that as the name for my TV Station, Robert Johnson did. I do watch BET occasionally and haven't ever been told I couldn't, so I'm not offended by that either. Though I am often offended by the way that certain stereotypes are perpetuated on many networks including BET.

BTW I am loving all the informative discussion on YT lately! Being able to learn and discuss without fighting has been great.

Just for fun sakes...if we had a BET it would be WET...thats funny!