And like I said, I’m ALL for specific channels targeted to specific audiences, it’s actually great and necessary since there are very little common interests among the different ethnicities.

My point is that if there was a WET or Centric was targeted to whites-only, we would never hear the end of it. It would be considered “racist”. But it’s cool if others do it, as long as they’re not white. You can’t deny that.

dude, a VAST majority of programming on TV is aimed squarely at white people. why can’t black folks have a few channels with programming designed for them? good god.

and just to nitpick a little more, CMT broadcasts reality shows, movies, and other red state culture-centric programming. and every bit of it is designed for white people. and no one cares. so what’s the problem?

CMT is a music channel, not a “white-only channel”. There’s plenty more R&B and Rap channels out there, I’m not talking about that. Centric is a black-only network, like BET, that features not only music clips but all sorts of black, ahem, “centric” stuff, like TV series, talk shows, black culture, etc.

In the words of his president “What we’re creating is a brand-new network targeted to adult, upscale, sophisticated and aspirational African-American and multicultural audiences”.

Now let’s reverse that to “What we’re creating is a brand-new network targeted to adult, upscale, sophisticated and aspirational White Americans and European audiences”. We’ll never hear the end of the outcry over “racism” for a thing like this. See my point?

More from the internet:

“Centric is the latest in a flurry of new African-American targeted network announcements over the past year — although it’s the first to have major entertainment media company backing”.

Apparently everybody can celebrate their culture (and that’s great!) UNLESS you’re white. And that’s a double standard that should not be tolerated.

Love the feel of the piece, very warm, clean, and well put together.