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The origination of BET was to bring quality, original television to a large portion of society that was, in their eyes, grossly under represented. However, there wasn't the big money nor big interest and, perhaps ironically enough, American entertainment was and is embracing the talents of so many black actors as 'mainstream', BET is now just an afterthought relegated to reruns of minor sitcoms and a few comedy shows.
Because of things like 'Black History Month', et al, this scenario of unnecssary 'segregations' of cultural groups via forms of entertainment, news, etc., becomes more commonplace. Is there still the 'Miss Black America' competition? No, because we've had black Miss Americas. Sometimes boosting something to the forefront singularly is necessary to incorporate it into an otherwise exclusive majority. Hope that made sense.
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