Comments on: 7 Ways VH1 Is Destroying The Black Community.

By: Solange

Solange — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:06:26 +0000

When you have the daughter of a civil rights leaded not knowing what the Underground Railroad is and then goes on camera to attack another black woman, you get a snapshot of just how bad parenting has become. This individual is then glamorized and has “fans” perpetuating the ignorance and mediocracy
Then you have the Lozada’s, talentless women overdosed on implants and surgery, violently attacking other women, prostituting herself for shoes and bags as if they are the most important thing n the world. She then rushes to post these prizes on her social media. Then there is all of these so called mothers, the filth that comes out of their mouth and is forever documented on TV and Internet, for their kids to discover and read. It’s a nightmare snapshot or irresponsibility , ignorance and less than zero self esteem and value system.

By: Joyclyn

Joyclyn — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 03:58:23 +0000

The black community is destroying the black community. End of story.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 23:04:14 +0000

Fault lays on many, the neteorks, the people who produce and promote such mess, the actors that go along with it, and those who take valuable time time to watch it. Its ashame with what little postive images we do get we help degrade ourselves. Yes, other races also do some of this too but not as much as our people. We seem to have really no base on values and basic morals at times as many other races does. Slavery took so much from us but with all our ancestors fought so hard to achieve this is what we do now when we have so much more power now…just sad. Yeah, it can be entertaining but at what cost. Why are children following alone, its because mothers are not doing their job or fathers if its them. I don’t think we ever will overcome and unify as a people or overcome our unambitious spirit to desire more as a whole for to many of us desire less. To many lack no better and refuse to see what the deeper meaning is behind this foolery. You cannot ever though believe a white network will care about the black community, just isn’t going to happen. We need self-love and self- worth as a whole to become better and stronger.

By: terry

terry — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:20:54 +0000

You cant blame a tv show for all of the problems in the black community. It begins with the parents. I watch some of these shows because they are a
little over the top, not because im looking to be inspired. We cant blame others for our problems, we have to become the solution and take responsibility.

By: Truthbeliever

Truthbeliever — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:42:57 +0000

Quite franky, I believe Boyce Watkins is destroying the Black Community.

By: annebeth66

annebeth66 — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:33:33 +0000

VH1nor Bravo can be blamed for the problems that plague the Black Community; that responsibility lies with those Blacks that are making poor choices, for themselves and their families. If people did not watch theses shows and find them entertaining, the stations would change their format to something that could deliver huge ratings. All of the “Blacks Acting a Fool” shows are doing well, getting larger ratings, bringing in more Ad dollars, so I am sure that more shows are being produced. I remember when “The Cosby Show” and “A Different World” were the shows that Blacks wanted to watch because they showed us in a positive light and were something inspiring. Now Basketball Wives, Love & Hip Hop, Real Housewives of Atlanta and Black Ink Crew are the Black shows getting the ratings and our young people find these shows inspiring, which is sad.

By: Forwardthinker

Forwardthinker — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:01:57 +0000

I think VH1 needs regulating. I know there is freedom of speech, but, the shows that Bravo & VH1 are churning out ar creating serious damage. Parents no longer take responsibility for their kids, they blame everyone else for problems with them. They allow them to behave in an appalling manner and many young folks nowadays ar functionally illiterate. They aren’t going to be the ones getting good jobs and blazing paths to success. Add these degrading tv shows that glorify women beating up each other, selling themselves for Louis and loubatins and generally having less than zero values or self respect, and you ar getting a snapshot of tomorrow’s mothers. I say that these shows need to be boycotted, I say that education comes first, I say respect your body and don’t treat it like a human garbage bin, loose the grunting and cuss words, hold your head high and make something of yourselves.

By: Seraphina

Seraphina — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:31:32 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you! It hurts me to see the way we are slipping down into mediocracy, that being dumb is cool, that foul language and promiscuity is the norm. The worship and selling of our bodies for shoes and handbags, the lack of education or self esteem. Stop the madness.

People like Evelyn Lozada belong in a jail or mental hospital. How has no one pressed charges against her for the repeated abuse of women. Be smart, get an education, respect your bodies, don’t cuss and sleep around. Reality shows are not life, pekoe watch them not because they respect the people in them, but because we ar fascinated by the lengths that the cast will go to humiliate and degrade themselves for money. It is exactly like prostitution. Stop watching, boycott that brain washing rubbish, demand somth better as role models. It is creating a generation of imbeciles.

By: toomanygrandkids

toomanygrandkids — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:18:21 +0000

“White America did this to us with the War On Drugs.” So untrue. Blacks did this to each other. The ones responsible for the destruction in black communities are the drug dealers, drug addicts, other black criminals, and the so-called black leaders who didn’t/don’t address these issues. But wait, some of these blacks are the author’s friends or associates.

VH1 kinda reminds me of drug dealers, McDonald’s, and the military: They employ a great amount of black people who are willing to do anything to get paid. These black men and women aren’t acting. This is how they live their lives before they got in front of the camera. I doubt if they care how their children feel or what their children go through.

Those little girls watching these shows and grow up to make bad decisions can’t blame the men or women on the shows or VH1. The blame lies on the black mothers and black fathers who allow their daughters to watch these shows.

And please, don’t blame white America.