When Black Entertainment Television (BET) was started, no one thought it would succeed. Then it did. It made piles of money by catering to the wants and desires of people who had black skin -- all, somehow, without being racist (can you imagine a White Entertainment Television?).

They were accepted, grew, and became nearly mainstream. But apparently they didn't like being mainstream, as they just named Loonie Calypso Louis Farrakhan "Person of the Year."

Why? Well because the reality-challenged Farrakhan claimed that blacks were "the indigenous peoples of this hemisphere." Oh, and because he said that blacks should bring a class action suit for "criminal neglect" against the U.S. on behalf of Hurricane Katrina victims.

Instead of picking positive role models, or productive, working people, BET decided to pick a lunatic that can do nothing but race-bait and spend other people's money. Nice job, BET.

(H/T to Smoke Eater).

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