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E Money · January 24th, 2005, 12:10 AM

Sorry to break it to ya, but Black Entertainment Television hasn't been owned or run by Blacks for more than a year now. Mr. Bob Johnson the former owner was made the first Black billionaire when he sold BET to a larger corporation (Viacom) cause he wanted to own his own airline. Well guess what happend to this guy! Not only did the "White" owners of the airlines effectively shut him out of the buisness but on top of no longer owning BET he and his wife got divorced shortly afterwards and ...here's the funny (sad) part .... She got almost half of everything! So now, he can't even claim to be a billionaire anymore. Viacom has no interest in what the Black community wants unless it's profitable for them. Thats one of the reasons why Tavis Smiley was fired from BET.
Remember, support Black buisnesses, start your own buisness and don't sell out!!

January 24th, 2005, 12:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
E Money Afro Resident Resident E Money is offline Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0 Credits: 456	BET aint U and ME! Sorry to break it to ya, but Black Entertainment Television hasn't been owned or run by Blacks for more than a year now. Mr. Bob Johnson the former owner was made the first Black billionaire when he sold BET to a larger corporation (Viacom) cause he wanted to own his own airline. Well guess what happend to this guy! Not only did the "White" owners of the airlines effectively shut him out of the buisness but on top of no longer owning BET he and his wife got divorced shortly afterwards and ...here's the funny (sad) part .... She got almost half of everything! So now, he can't even claim to be a billionaire anymore. Viacom has no interest in what the Black community wants unless it's profitable for them. Thats one of the reasons why Tavis Smiley was fired from BET. Remember, support Black buisnesses, start your own buisness and don't sell out!! __________________ "Always try harder to understand than to be understood" Phillies own, E-Money Last edited by E Money : January 24th, 2005 at 12:37 AM.