Should BET debut their new show Hot Ghetto Mess?
Hot Ghetto Mess host Charlie Murphy
State Farm Insurance and Home Depot have yanked ads from the premiere episode of BET’s upcoming series Hot Ghetto Mess, which will air at 10:30 p.m. EST on July 25.
Hot Ghetto Mess is a compilation of viewer-submitted home videos and BET-produced man-on-the-street segments showing black people said to be exhibiting excessive hip-hop and inner-city culture.
Critics have said the show promotes negative racial stereotypes.
Charlie Murphy hosts all six episodes of the series.
The advertiser pull-out follows a campaign launched by the blog/podcast What About Our Daughters, encouraging people to boycott advertisers of the series.
State Farm and Home Depot released statements acknowledging that they withdrew ads as a result of the boycott threat.
Do you think BET should air a show called Hot Ghetto Mess?
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Popularity: 4%
How else will America get a free pass to laugh at poor people and people of color?
Go BET!!!
How can the show be promoting negative racial stereotypes when it’s showing how stupid they look?
I agree with Kwaping and I would like to say that this show should be off the air and not talk about negative racial sterotypes. This is one of the most stuppid things they would put on bet.
I think they should air it, these are not poor people who don’t have any clothes to put on, do you really think they would make fun of that? no way these are people that know what they are putting on and actually think they look good in it and a lot more people can up the hygiene thing! if your clean and neat you shouldn’t have to worry. but if you go out looking any kind of way(which i see every day)and i dont mean you have to be impeccable every time you step out the door but good gracious, you do not have to go out looking A HOT MESS!!!
Now, let’ think about this, black people– who is the only race of people that accepts ridicule? Who is the only race of people who criticize themelves, and then complain when they hear it elsewhere? Who is the only race of people that accepts poverty as a cultural way of life rather than an obstacle to overcome? Negroes. Balcks. African-Americans. And now, we’re going to air our “dirty laundry” to the American public. We need to nderstand that the world does not laugh with us….they laugh at us. At our ignorance, at our degrading behaviors, and at our acceptance to be considered inferior. Does the white man have a show revealing to the public their flaws? No, only us. Because we as a people have gotten comfortable with our meager lifestyles.
er harrysca, what about jackass, bumfights, dirty sanchez. white people do a good job at humiliating themselves as well. you adding fuel to the fire by classifying yourself in racial terms. the only race is the human race. Comedy is comedy, not politics
No they shouldn’t because we a black people need to grow up and stop trying to make it look like we’re ignorant and it’s also a dumb idea for a show
wow a show about being a hot mess!….ok…
like i said BET is going.. going.. down the drain..
it might be funny though…
all tv is showing pointless shyt.
But Of course, no wonder they call it “black Entertainment”
its suppose to be entertaining-
We air our dirty laundry everyday. Why are you upset now. Where’s your complaint about the dumb azz rap videos and these jobless brothers riding on rims all day? Where is the outrage of the low value we put on education and the high value we put on stuff. How many of our parents buy their kids $120 shoes every year and don’t have a computer in the home. You can’t get a job with these out landish hair do’s and tatoos all over your neck and face. Be outraged at that. They ass needs to be on blast.
IT IF MAKE U LAUGH DEN HELLA YEAH
N DO MAKE ME LAUGH SUMTIMEZ
Why nobody not getting mad at the fact that BET aired this show and when they are a hot ghetto mess their damn selves or they need to do better. If we want to look at a hot ghetto mess then we can turn it to BET. UGH!
BET is a Hot Ghetto Mess
in itself
they r so ingnorant
typo..ignorant
didnt think i caught that
lol
Get the **** out of here!
Why should “we” be proud of IGNORANCE ? What we NEED to be airing is OUR PEOPLE receiving diplomas/degree’s/promotions/achievement’s, things that we can be proud of, and HAPPY to show the world that WE DO HAVE BRAINS ! PRIDE ! DIGNITY! SELF CONTROL ! AND INTELLIGENCS ! We’re not ALL walking around with our pant’s BELOW OUR BUTTS, smiling with a mouth full of BLING ! We dont ALL have 6 kids with 6 babydaddy’s ! We’re not all on wellfare for the “5th GENERATION” ! We all DONT sleep around or SELL ourselves FOR ANYTHING ! Not all of us have $4000.00 rims on our car and $10.00 IN THE BANK ! NO there are SO many of us who dont get the CREDIT WE DESERVE ! Yes we DO have some GOOD MEN, who are REAL MEN ( NOT ON THE DOWN-LOW ) ! Yes we DO have some BEAUTIFUL people who just happen to live IN THE GHETTO ! Black folks dont need other people to PUT US DOWN !(saddly) WE DO THAT TO OURSELVES. And when “OTHER” people judge us or make fun of us, WE’RE READY TO MARCH WITH AL SHARPTON ! Yes we ALL have some growing, and learning to do. So how IGNORANT can you be, to put “YOUR PEOPLE” on BLAST ?
Put it on PLEASE PUT IT ON!!! People need to see how damn stupid they look and for the racially blind HOT GHETTO MESS includes you too its not all about black people!!!!! @Brown Shuga air they asses out and maybe they will stop with the pity **** they due!!!