Would a TV channel called "White Entertainment Television" be offensive?

I am afraid that the rest of your post seems to contradict this statement.

However, let us look at the overall situation.

Nearly all the media outlets on your list were created for the purpose of providing people who had been excluded from other mainstream media an opportunity to get their ideas (and ads) out to the public. Your typical media boss is looking to make money. A great many ideas are nice ideas, but will not attract an audience. How many white women will spend the time watching a show on dress or make-up that addresses issues black women have with the fashion industry or beauty products? A national show addressing everyone would consider a niche show to be a good way to lose money. Why would a national network spend the money to finance a niche show that would be clobbered in the ratings? On the other hand, a specialty network or magazine, with a smaller audience, could broadcast or publish articles for lower cost and reap the returns of a dedicated audience.
Similarly, if a person or company has a product that manages black hair styles or beards, why would you want to spend all the high dollars to advertise on a national outlet where much of the audience would be totally uninterested when, for lass money, you could buy advertising on a smaller outfit with a target demographic that is more in tune with your product? ,
By the way: B.E.T. has been owned by Viacom for several years, making less money per episode, but spending far less per episode, so that their profit is sustainable. (When B.E.T. first began broadcasting, it was the best place on cable to find old Westerns, Comedies, and Police dramas. They picked up and broadcast the shows cheaply, then made a profit.)

If B.E.T. or the magazines on your list made a practice of discriminating against non-black people in their hiring, you might have a point, but if you are accusing Viacom of pro-black racism, you are not going to persuade many people to join your campaign.

To recap: if I have a product to address skin conditions that primarily affect black people or cultural situations that are going to primarily affect black people, where should I advertise or publish? At a limited number of minutes a day ot pages a month, it would be hard to get into a national outlet. (And the cost might be prohibitive.) However, going to a media outlet or publication that narrowcasts my message could be cheaper and easier to find.

There are a number of Latino/Hispanic outlets in the U.S., today. There are still Jewish oriented outlets. There are German-American, French-American, Irish-American, etc. magazines. (They tend to be too small to move into television.)

And in what sort of segregation are they engaged? They have white workers. They broadcast shows with white actors. They are owned by Viacom (which also owns Hispanic outlets.)
It is hard to believe that you refuse to watch Bonanza simply because it is carried by B.E.T.

Black or minority centric media doesn’t bother me much. It’s not as if there is a practical limit to how many magazines can be printed. Segregated housing and graduation ceremonies I think is a step backwards though.

There is a difference between the dream and the reality. Somehow we have to deal with reality and dream at the same time. It is quite difficult to do.

We already have White Entertainment Television, it’s every damn channel other than Black Entertainment Television.

This was explained thoroughly when the thread was started some 17 years ago. It’s clear that WitchiePoo either can’t grasp this reality or won’t bother to read what anyone else has to say.

Well, mostlly just Nickelodeon. :slight_smile:

The utter lack of self-awareness by American whites who feel themselves persecuted for their whiteness would be amusing …

… if they weren’t the direct source of Trumpism and so much of today’s political stupidity.

I am re-reading Freakonomics, and one of the things the author mentions is the lack of overlap between TV shows that are popular with black people and those that are popular with white people. IIRC Monday Night Football was the only show that was Top Ten for both groups.

Which means, I guess, that it is going to be hard to find programming that doesn’t “segregate” in some sense - what appeals to both groups is fairly rare, for whatever reason.

Regards,
Shodan

Just to muddy the waters a bit – do any of those who object to BET, Ebony magazine, and other media outlets with a black target audience also object to WE TV (no, the W isn’t for White, it’s for Women) or Vogue magazine or other media outlets that target a female audience?

I thought not.

Most understand that life experiences are different for men and women and that each gender tends to like programming that is somewhat different than that targeted to the other gender. That’s not to say that you can’t enjoy something targeted to the other gender.

Why object to a media outlet targeted to people with an ethnic background that’s different from your own?

LOL, it only took you 17 years to find this one.

Absolutely not offensive. If the owner is named Perry White.

My only issue is that I thought it was improper stereotyping to say that “blacks” liked certain things as a group.

AFAIK, blacks have a diverse area of interests and may watch sports, documentaries, game shows, comedies, drama, or porn…just like white people.

To say that this programming is what blacks like seems little different from having a section in the grocery store devoted to blacks where watermelon, collard greens and fried chicken are kept.

Wonder how long it will take her to find it again.

This has to be up there for the record for the latest resurrection of a thread - 17 years!