Black Exploitation Television (Re-Imagined)

Black Exploitation Television (Re-Imagined)

As if BET needed help reinforcing the negative stereotypes folks the world over have, their sister station VH1 has picked up the baton and sprinted towards the tape with their brand of Reality Television. 24 hours is not enough time for BET to air all of the ignorance, so VH1 has kindly pitched in and done their part to help set Black folks back 35 years. Seriously, during Barack Obama's campaign for President, did we really need Flavor Flav on TV every Monday night or Tiffany "New York" Pollard?

I must admit, they're an equal opportunity trader of tasteless "talent", because there's a White counterpart for every two or three Black shows. But we know how your cousins do, so over the top, just family reunion wrong in HD! It's the new hustle, because it takes the least amount of work and talent and the possibilities are endless. If you're a has-been (Pepa) or a never will-be (Ray J.), a Reality TV vehicle can put a few dollars in your pocket and reintroduce you to your old fans and present you to an entirely new audience and hopefully you can sell some records or find yourself some folks to see you in a movie or get two or three shows out of the deal.

If you're an aspiring actor/actress, model, or singer, being over the top on a show may earn you your own show and the opportunity to show just how low we've sunk when men/women decide they want to fall in love with you on TV. How real is that? It's just another opportunity to put 20 more folks on TV to act a Nigga!

VH1 is the new home of all things Black! Hip-Hop Honors is aired on it, they even did the Soul Train documentary, "Behind the Music" on 50 Cent, Lil' Wayne and Bobby Brown…hell they dusted Flavor Flav off and put some change in his pockets, even if he was wearing a Viking hat the entire time! However, every good deed has five equally nauseating moments and here those are:

• Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke
• Flavor of Love 1, 2, & 3
• Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School
• For the Love of Ray J 1 & 2
• Glam God with Vivica A. Fox
• Gotti's Way 1 & 2
• I Love New York 1 & 2
• I Want to Work for Diddy 1 & 2
• Ice-T's Rap School
• Let's Talk About Pep
• Luke's Parental Advisory
• New York Goes to Hollywood
• New York Goes to Work
• No Excuses with Master P
• Real Chance of Love 1 & 2
• Strange Love
• The Salt-N-Pepa Show
• The T.O. Show
• The Wendy Williams Experience

Just look at that list of irrelevance, irreverence and ignorance and in the coming weeks, the entire Norwood clan (Brandy, Ray J, mom & pops) get a show, along with Chili from TLC whose looking for love…I can't get a call VH1, I think it's time we bring The World According to Teef to TV!