Again, seriously? BET is discriminatory? You're not allowed to watch it? WTF? I just went and checked, and my clicker let me click right over there.
Oh, because they mostly show black people? So is ESPN discriminating against the uncoordinated? Is Playboy discriminating against flat chested women? All of those Bollywood music videos, are they discriminating against non-Asians who can't dance?
Do you even know what discrimination IS, from a legal standpoint? Do you seriously, seriously think that a business marketing to a group you don't belong to is discrimination? How do you feel about Cialis commercials, since you can't get ED? How do you feel about commercials for beer, if you don't drink beer?
You pose interesting questions to think about. Many people say that it is discriminatory to not have a mix of races in a business, equal to the make up of the population in that particular geographical area. eg- if an area has 50/50 mix of whites and blacks, a business is discriminating if it doesn't have a proportional mix of races employed.
Personally, I don't think there should be an equal mix of such things as race, nationality, sex, age, etc. Hiring should be based on skills and abilities. I certainly don't want an incompetent doctor operating on me, or an incompetent mechanic working on my car. When we base employment on anything other than skills and abilities, we are in fact discriminating on abilities!
What do you think about the company "FUBU?" You may have never heard about it unless you've been around the hip-hop scene. It was started by a black man who thought that black people were left out of the fashion world, so he started For Us, By Us, aka - FUBU. "for blacks by blacks" would be another way of saying it. The clothing is supposedly made (designed) by blacks and intended for black people to wear, though I would almost bet money that the products are actually made by Chinese people. I guess there are examples of clothing lines made from Confederate Flags which would be very similar. Is either wrong, or just socially unacceptable to some people?
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(I chose this crazy eyeball smiley because Paul is an eye MD, not because I am surprised there are shenanigans starting to appear)
When Rand Paul is done with your eyes, you might as well use them as clackers.