I could not believe the cancellation of BET Uncut. It was by far the most controversial video show on television, if do not count something that would be on the Playboy or Spice Channel. While BET appeared on television at 3am EST, it still drew a lot of criticism from Churches, women, and other leaders.

Where did BET Uncut go wrong? I think the "Dirty South" videos caused the show more harm than good. It was one thing to show "half-naked" black women. Some of these video promoted drug use, prostitution, or drinking. Also, some of these videos had children in them. I wonder what they think by involving children.

In our society, there is a strong sentiment that black women are being abused. One of the most popular medias to attack is hip-hop videos. The general stereotypical video depicts beautiful black women as sex objects in a club, or as dancers that could be strippers. BET Uncut definitely showed women of less than a certain class. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon to see women in a club or in public, dressed as those in the BET Uncut videos.

I don't see BET Uncut making a television comeback. The channel BET has taken a lot of criticism for catering to the religious groups, but also contributes to the degradation of women through the airing some of its videos. BET uses airtime for their variety shows to blast rappers and hip-hop artist that make videos with women wearing as much as thong, but the network keeps showing these videos.

The cancellation of BET Uncut is not going to liberate the black community, especially its women. We have just found some "fools gold." Why are people worry about what is being showed at 3AM. Are your children not in the bed? BET Uncut was for adults not the youth. Nevertheless, I hope the religious groups and others that hated BET Uncut can promise a better community this time next year. I am not saying canning the show was not a good thing. I just want to some to see progress due to its cancellation.

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