What an article. It's like Fried Chicken, Apple Pie, and Candy. None of its good for you. But don't elevate yourself from it because you saw something unrelated.
Piece by piece, you have to look at what this article is saying to understand it, because if you boil it down to its core substance you get I'm not watching Shonda's shows because a white cop, named Darren Wilson, killed an unarmed, young, black man named Michael Brown.
Getting the points are easy.
- You love Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder.
- Both of those shows are on ABC who also paid Darren Wilson $500,000 to give him a soft interview
- You are boycotting ABC for that
- Scandal and HTGAWM are bad for the black woman image, so you feel comfortable boycotting those shows to get your point across for what ABC did.
- You also feel comfortable boycotting these shows because its proven to affect revenue
Great points. I understand them all. But you misunderstand one thing, and if you're going to boycott, you have to hit them where it hurts, otherwise you make Shonda and her employees unemployed, and ABC continues on. Not to mention, you ruin the semi-positive affect that Olivia Pope has on Black Women across the world.
What you want to do is boycott The Walt Disney Company. Boycott anything associated with ABC, because at the end of the day, our dollars are minimum losses for the huge company, but when those dollars disappear, they notice.
So if you're going to do this right, here are the companies you're going to be looking at boycotting for maximum effect of voice being heard:
- ESPN
- ESPN
- ESPN2
- ESPNU
- ESPNEWS
- SEC Network
- ESPN Classic
- ESPN Channels Internationally
- Disney Channel
- Disney Channel Domestic
- Disney Channels International
- Disney Junior Domestic
- Disney Junior International
- Disney XD Domestic
- Disney XD International
- ABC Family
- A&E Television Networks
- A&E
- HISTORY
- Lifetime
- Lifetime Movie Network
- H2
- FYI
- ABC Television Network
That's if you're really interested in boycotting. I do have to tell you, that when you boycott, make sure it is clear and defined. Let the advertisers know. Let the people know to let the advertisers know. Because Scandal and HTGAWM are both great shows. We can take down the system before they both return in February.
As for the piece about them both falling for a white guy. Look, black people make sure to diversify the things they create. Even when white people don't. I honestly prefer seeing white men doing something so sleazy like cheating in front of your wife, or killing a student you just got pregnant. Both women are super successful, and it forewarns young Black females to stay in your league. While all men are capable of such behavior, the flack you catch from people because you went outside your race is something to fear or not worry about (maybe just a bunch of mmm hmmm, I told you so).
To conclude, don't boycott the only two huge shows with black women as stars of the show. Especially not for something they can't control or have anything to do with. Boycott the company. Oh and if I find out you wrote your article to sabotage those two black women, I'll meet you after school at 3 o'clock.
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