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Originally posted by SPIDER_STANG:
1989 I'm tired of talking about this but when MTV first came out Blacks were not on T.V!! MJ was the first to ever be on that station! Which changed the way they did things from their on out!!! before you speak go research ya thoughts!! LoL

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actually YOU are wrong and may want to research YOUR thoughts lol, mj was not the first black person to be on the station below is quoted from wiki, also they had a black vj by the name of jj jackson when they started.

During MTV's first few years on the air, very few black artists were included in rotation on the channel. Those who were in MTV's rotation included Eddy Grant, Tina Turner and Donna Summer. The very first non-white act played on MTV in the US was UK band The Specials, which featured an integrated line-up of white and black musicians and vocalists. The Specials' video "Rat Race" was played as the 58th video on the station's first day of broadcasting.[24]

MTV rejected other black artists' videos, such as Rick James' "Super Freak," because they didn't fit the channel's rock dominated format at the time. The exclusion enraged James; he publicly advocated the addition of more black artists' videos on the channel. Rock legend David Bowie also questioned MTV's lack of black artists during an on-air interview with VJ Mark Goodman in 1983.[25] MTV's original head of talent and acquisition, Carolyn B. Baker, who was black, had questioned why the definition of music had to be so narrow, as had a few others.

Before 1983, Michael Jackson also struggled to receive airtime on MTV.[26] To resolve the struggle and finally "break the color barrier", the president of CBS Records at the time, Walter Yetnikoff, denounced MTV in a strong, profane statement, threatening to take away MTV's ability to play any of the record label's music videos.[26][27] However, Les Garland, then acquisitions head, said he decided to air Jackson's "Billie Jean" video without pressure from CBS.[25] This was contradicted by CBS head of Business Affairs David Benjamin in Vanity Fair.[6] In any case, MTV began showing the "Billie Jean" video in regular rotation in 1983, forming a lengthy partnership with Jackson and helping other black music artists.[28]

According to The Austin Chronicle, Jackson's video for the song "Billie Jean" was "the video that broke the color barrier, even though the channel itself was responsible for erecting that barrier in the first place."[29] After airing Jackson's music videos, MTV, then a struggling cable channel, became very popular. Jackson's videos were credited for this success[30] and MTV's focus switched from rock to pop and R&B.[28] This move helped other black artists such as Prince, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson break into heavy rotation on the channel. Jonathan Cohen of Billboard magazine commented Janet Jackson's "accessible sound and spectacularly choreographed videos were irresistible to MTV, and helped the channel evolve from rock programming to a broader, beat-driven musical mix."

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Wrong!!! Google first black artist on MTV??

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Originally posted by blackfifty:
Geez I guess i'm a little late on this but hell this is racist as it gets first of all theyannounced this the day before mlk jr day and the commisioner "moose" bashes on Gilbert arenas saying that other leagues and street hoops played primarily by minorities are basically stupid and are full of horrible people kinda harsh. Now they don't even have enough people to hav on the roster imagine having try outs in Oakland pssht goodluck making it home. This is garbage. I wonder if they allow Jews?

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Originally posted by NavidR:
I don't agree with any segregation (white basketball or a black college), but in all reality black people do this shit all the time. Black fraternities, etc. OH how about BET ?????? can you imagine if someone came out the WET (hahaha thats funny) but can you imgagine how bad the black people would CRY!

Don't get me wrong I don't qualify to play on the league either.

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Originally posted by NavidR:
I don't agree with any segregation (white basketball or a black college), but in all reality black people do this shit all the time. Black fraternities, etc. OH how about BET ?????? can you imagine if someone came out the WET (hahaha thats funny) but can you imgagine how bad the black people would CRY!

Don't get me wrong I don't qualify to play on the league either.

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Yeah the channels for WET are MTV, VH1, and CMT...also every other channel until around the 70's...It is crazy how an article suggesting the creation of an all white basketball league is supported by the notions the black colleges, tv shows and corporations were created under the same pretense...Thanks N8...I actually appreciate that you brought this thread up...all the different responses are very enlightening, but not to surprising...IMO the lack of education on what these black organizations represent and why and when they were found is at the root of the misunderstanding...Also it would be a very entertaining to actually see a game played under this leagues rules...

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ugh cmt is country music a type of music,mtv is mostly black performers and vh1 is for middleaged men of any race lol

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I don't agree with any segregation (white basketball or a black college), but in all reality black people do this shit all the time. Black fraternities, etc. OH how about BET ?????? can you imagine if someone came out the WET (hahaha thats funny) but can you imgagine how bad the black people would CRY!

Don't get me wrong I don't qualify to play on the league either.

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Yeah the channels for WET are MTV, VH1, and CMT...also every other channel until around the 70's...It is crazy how an article suggesting the creation of an all white basketball league is supported by the notions the black colleges, tv shows and corporations were created under the same pretense...Thanks N8...I actually appreciate that you brought this thread up...all the different responses are very enlightening, but not to surprising...IMO the lack of education on what these black organizations represent and why and when they were found is at the root of the misunderstanding...Also it would be a very entertaining to actually see a game played under this leagues rules...

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ugh cmt is country music a type of music,mtv is mostly black performers and vh1 is for middleaged men of any race lol

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Originally posted by slowback67:
^ I don't know what WET would show......maybe repeats of friends, happy days, love boat, price is right, doctor who, star trek next generation, perfect strangers...... But I know there would be a few mayo comercials.

Personally I get a kick out of watching BET....... I was lmfao at the coverage of election night. It's sad to me that so many people judge people by color.... Or that people are quick to defend someone because " they " are of the same nationality.
( OJ being a perfect example and the boxer MANNY being another)
Just my take on it

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