DISQUS

sparklepants · 4 months ago

@Lisa - you made a public posting in a public forum. Anyone following the trends or doing a search could find what you said. You can voice your opinion all you want, but just like with any kind of public posting or public announcement (verbal), you have to expect that someone's going to respond.

MyzDevyneOne · 4 months ago

The mess that a few folks of the lighter persuasion were posting about the trending topics was like salt in an already gaping wound. So lemme get it straight...we have to put up with the coonery and buffonery of the BET Awards, and then cause we are talking about it via Twitter,we have some racist fools talking smack!?! Talk about a huge whammy...sheesh.

Fredric Mitchell · 4 months ago

great catch. oddly, the tumbler site (as of this comment) is still down. conspiracy?

although i would say that the comments from the twitterverse weren't COMPLETELY surprising, i am trying to keep it in perspective.

just as we (read: black folks) don't like having a few ignorant negroes (read: soulja boy, t-pain) represent all of us, a relatively few non-black people complaining about trending topics shouldn't push us to make the conclusion that the entire community is racist.

whats lost in this little story is the reason why them cats were top trending topics: hella #blck folks were airing their grievances of just how effing embarrassing that shite was last night....

facebook-1453461857 · 4 months ago

shameful

Mika · 4 months ago

im speechless and a bit pissed off..no alot pissed off. I want to say that this was a VERY GOOD and BRILLIANT report. Wonderful observations. Excellent Job, Angela

name · 4 months ago

i think youre mising the point. omgblackpeople was trying to shed light on the racist twitter haterisms, not perpetuating it.

#mountaineer# · 4 months ago

based on that reply you must be "#omgblackpeople"

#mountaineer# · 4 months ago

What do you expect? It comes with the territory. From the viewing of their tweets they are not really that bright between the ear lobes either so no lost to civilization. I am more worried for their children and their children's children to be exact. Not a fan of traditionalist conservatism(traditionalism) and thats the root of the problem. That and uncompassionate people like those twitter nincompoops.

Lisa · 4 months ago

I found this very wrong.
I was made part of this "list" when I made a tweet about the trending topics. All the personalities that were on the topics were musicians, which I'm not a fan of. I did not even make it in any way, shape or form, made to be twisted around for everyone to interpret it as racist. What the twitterers said that we're featured on this entry, is very wrong and is not a joking matter. I am appalled that I was on this list, and how much hate I got for it. It doesn't matter whether you're white, black, asian, hispanic, or whatever, I'm just not a fan of the type of MUSIC. I found this so wrong because this is MY twitter account, where I should be able to voice MY opinions, what I'm doing, and how I feel. I am SO against racism, I'm asian...you don't think I never get that? But with all the hate mail I'm getting, I'm beginning to think this is a joke. And with reply to the person above me...it seems like omgblackepeople wasn't trying to "shed light" on racist twits, I think someone got bored and wanted to put some of us through hell....thanks.

Go ahead, follow me, give me more crap for being a human being with HUMAN OPINIONS.

siditty · 4 months ago

Lisa,

The "I'm Asian" I can't be racist bull doesn't work here. Are you familiar with Kenneth Eng, Mr. "I Hate Black People"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK4fjMhGn-I

You are free to express your opinion. When you post that opinion on a public forum, such as twitter, you shouldn't be shocked when there is a response, especially when you made a racist tweet. So when you tweet your opinion, folks have the right to respond. Keep your racism private, no one will say anything.

Writingprincess · 4 months ago

While I do not agree with hatin' on race on Twitter I could understand why anyone looking at the BET Awards would have been appalled at the disturbingly vast array of ignorance manifested last night. How embarrassing that a genius such as Michael Jackson had to be sandwiched in between the likes of "Soul ja..." Lil Wayne and all the other inarticulate fools that graced the stage last night. It's no wonder I do not listen to black radio anymore. I can't afford to lose any more of my brain cells to the trash that masquerades for talent these days. I don't hate on black. I just hate on black ignorance. Please someone tell me why this type of ignorant music is still popular? And Mary and Mary didn't ease my pain either as I noticed I couldn't tell the difference between their hook and "Blame it On the Alcohol...." The words - which you couldn't hear, really the diction was so horrible - may have been different but the beat was the same.
Revisiting the genius of Michael Jackson en requiem made me realize how far we came with him and how much we have regressed. Lord help us all.

rmcaldwell · 4 months ago

Well, alrighty! @ Lisa... lol
Angela, amazing observations and an amazing report. I follow some well known "social media experts" and they were not at all pleased with Twitters trending topics. These are the same people who touted the use of Twitter as a great social networking tool. Did they mean it was only great within their ranks or circles? I get that impression. Those trending topics hold a wealth of qualitative information in regard to what interests users-all users, if only the experts "listened" to the messages the trends reveal. In fact, @brighteyesjulie found an interesting use of those trends: Web property valuation. Wow!

Jeanie · 4 months ago

Yeah, that @brighteyesjulie chick is a real brain trust. I don't know, I like the idea of omgblackpeople and the general idea was to kind of bring some of this stuff to light and not be a part of it but it's giving dumb broads like this girl too much attention. And people are sending hate mail and people like that are clearly getting off on it and that gives them more of an excuse to be an a**. And she's Cuban and clearly racist. And stupid. Is she related to Perez Hilton by any chance?

jbrotherlove · 4 months ago

That's odd. I started to comment here and ended up writing a post instead. I thought it would trackback to here. But I don't see it.

Mika · 4 months ago

For me this is not a black/white issue. I am a black woman but if this involved any other race I would be equally upset. I consider myself an advocate for the entire human race. With that being said, I am appauled at the racist tweets and for that reason I have deleted my Twitter account. I don't want to be apart of any network with such individuals. I can not in (good conscience) continue to be a member of Twitter. I was already disappointed by the distasteful comments on Michael Jackson by people that I follow on Friday... but when I heard this, I was even more disappointed and a bit concerned. Yes, you can voice your opinions via Twitter but the racism is not cool.

Mika · 4 months ago

Does Twitter harbor RACISTS? and TERRORISTS? hmm...

Jeannine · 4 months ago

Hi Angela,
Thank you for bringing attention to this issue. I am actually one of the people featured on the website, along with my tweet about trending topics.
I was verbally attacked after the BET show, even though my tweet was made just before or right when the show started.
My tweet had absolutely NOTHING to do with The BET topics showing up on my screen. Everyone who attacked me had never followed me before so they would have no prior knowledge that I complain about trending topics on an almost daily basis. I complain about #3hotwords #badpubnames etc, and so forth.

Looking back at the wording, it is easy to understand how my tweet could be misinterpreted. It was however, taken out of complete context and conveniently posted without a time stamp on it, so it could be used to send poison darts my way.What I find most disheartening is the fact that obvious attempts were made by certain people to "find" questionable tweets so that a barage of hate could be fired upon all "guilty" parties after the show.

I was called some disgusting names, and although not threatened, I did notice other people being threatened with tweets that read "you better lock your doors and windows tonight" One of my friends who was defending me, was called a fag. Which is not true, but also a derogatory and discriminatory name. It doesn't make sense to me.

So, while I am sorry that my comment was misinterpreted, and admittedly poorly timed, I cannot apologize for the misunderstanding that was caused.

I did read some of the blatantly racist comments made ( ie. "this isn't a very good neighbourhood") and was appalled, so I can understand why there was so much anger last night.

I only hope that in the future, people remember that 2 wrongs don't make a right.

blackweb20 · 4 months ago

Thanks for your comment Jeannine

Darrell Hanley · 4 months ago

Things are exploding on twitter for the people now prominently displayed on BET Twitter gate.

cherryips · 4 months ago

long live spicespice mass

K Ali · 4 months ago

I like how the culprits were put on blast! Tell them to kick bricks!

GOD · 4 months ago

Hey Angela,

How would you like to get SUED for DEFAMATION?

@brighteyesjulie is a funny girl. I’ve been reading her stuff for a while now, and she’s got some real gems. A few days ago she posted the above.

She was promptly attacked, defamed, and covered in vitriol. At the low point, she was referred to as a “wack bish”; and I found the entire exchange hilarious. But it got me thinking. @brighteyesjulie, unbeknownst to her, became a shining example of double standard over night. She was like a proverbial Don Imus, except sexy and relevant.

I was okay with watching this from afar for a while, as a novelty. But now it’s affecting my funny. You see, nearly her entire stream is now dedicated to fending off attacks that she’s a racist, limiting my joke intake. That’s no good for anybody. @brighteyesjulie isn’t racist. Nor is she ignorant.

Contrary to popular belief, white people can make facetious or satirical jokes without being ignorant racists. This is one such case. And the racist accusations constantly thrown around at trivial things only cheapens said accusations when they really deserved to be made.

So leave the poor girl alone and let her go back to making us laugh.

blackweb20 · 4 months ago

I am amazed at you posting this comment, like all the people attacking her are coming from this site which in fact they are not. Like someone said above, when you post things in a public forum you must expect this kind of backlash, there is that potential...especially with social media. This stuff is archived indefinitely, I'd think most people regardless of race would get that. Thanks for posting.

siditty · 4 months ago

You are mad because someone you like said something racist. I am sorry she got an overwhelming response from the racist thing she said. She screwed up. Don't say racist things on a public forum and expect everyone to embrace. You are right, the people attacking her don't know her, but if she makes comments like that, why would they want to, after all being a black equates to being ghetto in her mind. I don't have patience for ignorance, even if the ignorance comes from a "sexy and relevant" girl. In terms of double standard. Don Imus is a racist, calling people nappy headed hoes and n*gger is not someone being a bastion of racial equality.

Fredric Mitchell · 4 months ago

since tumblr is down and who knows how long google cache will keep, you can see the topics on my flickr feed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/effenk/3675180377/...

babe · 4 months ago

I cannot believe that people would have the audacity to post such mean and hateful content on twitter. Things such as this made me sad to call myself an American when we continue to hate on each other rather than trying to grow and learn from each other. The people who had the nerve to sit at their computers and write such things as “ Why are all these black people in trending topics? Is it Black History Month?” obviously have so king soul searching to do and feel the need to lash back when there is something they felt like they had on lock (but was NEVER theirs to begin with) was overwhelmingly taken over by others who were simply conversing and enjoying an award show like no other (lol). But I honestly feel as though racism is here to stay whether it is on the Internet, the club, or on the street corner as long as people continue to be jealous of others and unhappy with themselves this country will never have a chance to evolve in result just stunting our growth……..

Meli · 4 months ago

Well all I can say is that I'm glad to see black people taking over...lol. I mean it's good to see us expanding and now that we've got a black man in the white house I could really careless but these racist twitterers have to say.

Jett · 4 months ago

I dont really like how we trash ourselves for the BET awards but everyone is entitled to their opinion. Lord knows we are our own toughest critics and it hasn't always been a bad thing to be a tough critic. It makes us get our act together. The Apollo audience isn't the cruelest in the world for no reason.

I think some of you guys are being unfair to the younger people and their taste in music. The older people trashed our hip-hop 20 years ago, remember? Now we do that to the young people because they like lame-ass Soulja Boy. LOL! It seems unfair.

What would people have rather seen on the BET awards? I haven't watched them in years--2009 was the first time I watched in a long time so I dont have any other references to go by. What do people think would have improved the award show? Not being facetious, I really want to know because I'm not really into popular music anymore. What would have made the show better?

JACK BRODNAX · 4 months ago

BET is owned by VIACOM. It's a horrible network..........no style and little class.

I am 65 and African American.

BET with just a very few exceptions is and has been Plantation Television for a long time even under cheap-ass Robert Johnson.

It fails to properly present a cross section of Black people, plain and simple, sorry to say.

Jack Brodnax San Francisco Bay

Fair Play · 4 months ago

Too bad you didn't mention the racism that took place at the BET Awards. Jamie Foxx clearly hates white people and even called Miley Cyrus a white bitch. As usual, we get the typical racial double standard. Blacks can get away with racist comments and whites are dragged over the coals in a one sided article. Foxx should be treated the same way Don Imus was treated. With equality comes accountability!

TheMan_II · 4 months ago

Wah, wah, wah.

Jamie Foxx has made millions off of white folks so I doubt he hates them. Just because he has, though, doesn't make him have to kiss ya'll ass. Miley Cyrus may be a bitch as far as he is concerned. He more than likely has met her, as you most likely have not, and came to his decision.

The poor white people of the world a victims of reverse discrimination is a joke that Blacks see right through. Sorry, just like Jamie Foxx, most of us just don't give a #$%^!!!

Kamau · 4 months ago

Can some wonder why black media is important

Rapnsum · 4 months ago

please please check out a powerful new documentary on Black Genocide in Modern America called Maafa21. See how genocide is happening still to this day in the Black Community. www.maafa21.com - It is stunning !

Jam · 4 months ago

I think we all notice here that racism doesn't really give positive results whether you are black or white, whether we use facebook, twitter or other social networking websites.. People are just sensitive in things like these so its better for us to ignore it and try to create positive things, stuffs that can help and motivate each one of us..

Lesson Learned huh!

jamesgooch · 4 months ago

I think this site is racist. Blackweb? Really? I suppose there shouldn't be a Whiteweb2.0 because all the internet is white? A bunch of self segregationists if you ask me. Is there any reason at all that a topic of discussion should be seen from a black perspective? Is that not inciting difference just in itself? People are people and the quicker everyone learns that the sooner media like this site as well as "BET" will be shown for the outlets of separation they are to all human beings.

Markus Robinson · 3 months ago

We're not racist nor segregating. Our site does not and will not prevent anyone from reading writing or contributing. The difference between us and most other mainstream tech sites is simply the audience in which we target. The African-American US population is approx 12% and you would be hard press to find 1% the content covered by mainstream tech sites that even mention African-Americans owned sites or AA executives. Its as if they don't exist, and a quick scan through our site will prove that's not the case. Are mainstream sites racist or segregating... of course not. There's just serving a their market.

jamesgooch · 3 months ago

Funny how the comment agreeing with my message was deleted. While the comment missing the point is praised.

On another note your comment about "serving their market." also seems to denote that mainstream media does not follow the achievements of black executives because it is not in their market? Really? A quick scan through any major news site will show they all exist and I am sure none of them would like the lessening of their achievements you offer them through the suggestion they could only be found here.

It is amazing that in a country so integrated with race and religion we would need an outlet for any one group of people to shine when as we all know great people of any color and any religion will shine regardless of publication or forum.

And here is that "missing" comment:

rmcaldwell wrote, in response to jamesgooch:

James, I agree, people are people.Thanks for your comments.

Link to comment: http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/06/29/bet-awards...

rmcaldwell · 3 months ago

I did write that, James. However, before I posted it, I'd written a comment detailing everything Markus stated. I still believe people are people but I also believe that in being "people," we are most comfortable where we are welcomed. Please go to the other sites and invite them over here. Please challenge them in the same manner as you've challenged BlackWeb2.0. Better yet, create the site that is inclusive and that treats all intelligence as equal. Again, thank you for your comment.

rmcaldwell · 3 months ago

Bravo, Markus!