Adrianne Curry :“Boycott BET and Black History Month!”
By M.I.A on Sep 22, 2007 in Adrianne Curry | | | |
Adrianne Curry is opposing Black History Month and cable network BET (Black Entertainment Television) on her MySpace.
The original America’s Next Top Model winner is asking to boycott Black History Month and BET.
Here are Adrianne’s comments:
“This is gonna be hard guys. I LOVE the comedians on BET. I also LOVE the fact that they play my favorite show of all time, In Living Color. However, I do not believe in seperating ANY RACE in America. WE ARE AMERICANS! How dare we have Black History Month! In my eyes, the Native Americans deserve it MUCH more, seeing how we destroyed their ENTIRE SOCIETY. There are hardly any of them left! They also have been proven to have the WORST living conditions on their reservations. I want AN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. One where we learn about EVERY race, ALL OF OUR LEADERS, EVERYONE! I think by having a month dedicated to one race, and not one for any other, is RACIST. Every fund set up to only help people of one race is SICK and RACIST.
She continues:
Yes, I get it. Black people were slaves here once. You know what? That does suck some major balls, however, it is time to move the f*** on. Do we hear the Jews crying that they were made slaves for thousands of years? Do we hear them whine that they should OWN the pyramids in Egypt because THEY broke their backs making them? Do we hear them b**** and moan about Hitler, etc? (my hubby is a Jew)Nope, we dont. It’s time for us to UNITE AS ONE. I do not think that singling out one race, giving one race opportunities to go to college (I know a TON of poor white.asian, indian, american indian, etc etc that could use that too!), giving one race the EXCUSE to blame things on others for being whatever nationality they are, is a good way at making sure we NEVER kill racism.
I am over this s***. WE ALL CAME FROM ONE BLACK WOMAN FROM AFRICA, THAT is our EVE! It has been proven by science, and I stand by it. If any other race had a chanel dedicated to just them, we would think it was racist. If any other race demanded a month be set aside for ONLY them, they would be considered racist. I am NOT living by this double standard any longer.
Think I am racist? I am not. I know what racism is. I dated a guy named “Justin” in Junior high. Nothing serious, but I really liked him. He was the blackest of black…BEAUTIFUL skin, kinda like Alex Wek’s. He was handsome, and athletic, etc. I was called a nigger lover. But you know what? I was called that by a whole 2 people out of a school with HUNDREDS of students. THAT is why I am NOT buying this racist s*** anymore. Let us teach or children that there is NO DIFFERENCE! We are all human. I hope one day aliens land and try to kill us. Maybe THEN we would finally realize that WE are ONE.
So, I will no longer tune into BET. This is going to suck, but I do NOT like the idea of having a chanel for only 1 race. In the year 2007 in a country that is supposed to be the most advanced and equal. This is unexceptable! I will also no longer acknowledge Black History Month. Instead, I will see it the way that Morgan Freeman does (I have the quote at the bottom of my last blog on Obama/jesseJackson, and OJ). AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH! I will read/watch/and learn about ALL the people who made a difference in this country.
I am asking you ALL to join me. Black, White, Indian, Asian, Russian, Australian, etc etc…..lets be AMERICANS together! What happened to the African American community was AMERICAN HISTORY, not BLACK HISTORY. If you want to celebrate in a way that excludes others and singles one race out, count me the f*** out! I am soooo proud to be an American. I am SO proud that I have friends of every race, and none of us see each other as anything but what we are..people. Lets change Black History Month to 2 months of AMERICAN HISTORY. We will still learn about all the black leaders and people who made a difference….just not with the racist name of “Black History Month”. It has to start somewhere. I am going to do my part in making sure we are all treated EQUAL in a country that CLAIMS we are. NO MORE SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR ANYONE WITH ANYTHING!
It will never happen. At least, that is what many of you will say…FINE! My number one priority here is being able to die and know that I stood up for what I believed in, and that I did not add to the SEPERATION OF AMERICANS!! I love my country, I love the people in it. I love our history, good and bad. We should LEARN from it,not dwell in it and not move forward. That’s why I am done with this s***. You are all my brothers and sisters…..even if I think you suck ; ) As Bono said, “One life, with each other..sisters…brothers!”
Note:: Opinions are like a**holes, everyone…we all have em! Please, respect each other here…listen…even if you dont agree. No name calling. I have a confession…The topic here (black history month/BET) is not what my message was about… I just knew it would get a lot more attention if I used it as an example. My message is to BECOME ONE. AMERICANS, celebrate things as such, not label them this or that…Black History month should NOT go away…but it should have it’s name changed to AMERICAN HISTORY..and be made into a few months…to teach us EVERYTHING about our history…not just focus on one race. Yep, I have a hippie view of the world, and I dont care!! I am not saying to stop celebrating and remebering our history, good or bad. I AGREE that we need to teach MORE on american history concerning what we teach during “black History month”. I am not writing this to take away anything from anyone…we need MORE OF IT, but WITHOUT the race title!!!!
Curry was photographed arriving to Maxim Style Awards, few days ago.
The Reluctant Geisha | Sep 22, 2007 | Reply
This is the single dumbest thing, in all of the internet, that I have read today.
Seriously.
If she’s going to boycott BET for pandering a thug mentality and loads of stupidity to young ppl all over America, then DO SO.
Asking people to boycott black history month so that we can “become one” and then pointing out Native Americans, Jewish peoples, and others…
****ing out “fuck” and “shit” but saying “nigger”….
Telling black people to get over something that happened less than 3 generations ago, it was only little more than 150 years since the emancipation proclamation, which freed the slaves, who were enslaved for 400 years…
Ahhh the list could go on forever…
Seriously. We all now, a little bit dumber, for having read excerpts of her blog. Some of use just don’t know it.
The Reluctant Geisha | Sep 22, 2007 | Reply
And forgive my typos, it should have been “us” instead of “use”, and “We are all” instead of “We all” in the last paragraph.
Blame it on that ridiculous blog post of Adrianne’s.
The Bug | Sep 22, 2007 | Reply
You know what, after reading this whole article and for the fact that I am Native American myself, I totally agree with Adrianne. And my goodness, i agree slavery was a terrible thing, but it was the past and I think too many African Americans use that as crutch. Slavery still goes on in some parts of Africa, and you want to know what? It is Africans enslaving fellow Africans!!! So yes, it is time to get over it!!! Natives were on this land first and their land, homes and families were ripped aprt from them, but do you have a Native American channel, or do you have a Native American month?? I think not. I do not think Adrianne is raacist by any means, I think she proves a very vaulable point. So many people want to claim “oh i deserve this or that because my great great great great great great grandma was a slave” and yet they know nothing about thoses times, nor do they have respect for their elders. And further more, if you ^^^(up there) want to slander Adrianna for saying nigger, get around a bunch of African American men, and you may be shocked to hear that they call each other that!! “Whats up my nigga” so don’t even pull that crap!!
Young Male | Sep 22, 2007 | Reply
This broad is stupid as HELL.
she should shut the fuck up and stick to modelling. She clearly lacks brains.
as a matter of fact, asian history month is may, hispanic history month is march and there infact is an indian heritage month.
pick up a book, DUMBASS.
if you don’t like BET, dont watch it. EASSY
i dont watch the asian networks, cause that doesnt interest me.
wow. i am done replying…she is soo stupid and not even worth attention. Kiss your poor modelling career goodbye, you ditsy idiot
franman | Sep 22, 2007 | Reply
The rational used for the abolition of BET and Black History month by the 99% of whites who agrees with her is absolutely stupendous. BET is a wasteland. Boycott it for its ridiculous shows but to tie this into some kind of crusade to rid America of some perceived special treatment that blacks get…which by the way according to her, jews don’t get (ha)…in fact nobody else has a month where there is special emphasis on their culture, according to her. Also no one else has television programming geared toward their specific group….Is this chick for real???? What an ignoramous! And the fact that she has a chorus of whites giving her props for her ignorance really says a lot.
V | Sep 23, 2007 | Reply
She just showed that the saying “models are dumb airheads” is true. If I was Tyra Banks I would be highly embarrassed by this idiot’s comments. I am laughing so much I can’t even think of what else to say. I do know I won’t be watching ANTM anymore if this is the kind of idiots they pick as winners. I rather use my brain cells on something else.
Jay | Sep 30, 2007 | Reply
I really think she needs to read some books,plenty of cultures have a month where they celebrate their heritages. black people have sufered for about 400 years, and thats something you can not get over. Racism is still in effect today the Jena 6,and its not just black people that other races judge. Black history month is about celebrating the history of what black people have acomplished in america. If you don’t like BET dont watch it. Adrianne you can say goodbye to your career sweetie. One thing that I have learned and what whites have to say about blacks as a race, how we act and the music that we listen to, I can care less of what a white person saids or has a problem with me and my culture because I was not put on this earth to impress a white person.
Esaias Hill | Oct 2, 2007 | Reply
Adrienne, you don’t know what your talking about. If we didn’t have black history month we wouldn’t know who Thurgood Marshall, Harriett Tubman, Charles S. Drew, Benjamin Banneker, and thousands more are. Black History Month is also necessary so we learn about black people who changed history forever who we don’t know (hint:William McKinley Royal, Lewis Lattimer,) don’t know who they are right, you see without black history the only black people we wold know about is rosa parks, malcolm x, martin luther king jr.
P.S. Morgan Freeman didn’t agree with you. If you was listening he said black history should be EVERY MONTH!
Blake | Oct 3, 2007 | Reply
Has she ever stopped to think why she can only watch her favorite show, In Living Color, on BET?
Is she aware that most other races in this country have days, weeks, or months set aside for education and history?
Is she aware that during those occasions, that the people involved learn history from the people that actually experienced it, not by those that wish to make it all disappear?
Is she stupid enough to believe that there are no racial problems in this country today?
Has she heard of the Jena 6?
Did she see the response to hurricane Katrina?
Did she ever wonder why black people, in New Orleans, were stuck on a bridge that led to dry ground, instead of crossing it?
Did she ever wonder why the media never showed the small army of armed white people on the other side of the bridge, ready to shoot anyone that tried to get to dry ground?
Does she realize that one of the most idiotic thing that fool can say is that “I used to date a… My best friend was a… I know lots of…”?
I can actually agree with some of what she said, if the world was perfect and all people had good will towards one another.
But it’s not.
Maybe in a hundred years, we should suggest to the descendants of the victims of the 9/11 attacks that they should just “get over it.”
See how well that would go over…
dondie | Oct 6, 2007 | Reply
WHO THE HELL DOES THIS BITCH THINK SHE IS!!!!!!! SHE’S HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST ILL-INFORMED STUPID SKANK ON THE PLANET!!!!! AMERICAN INDIANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE BOTH BEEN ENSLAVED, RAPED, AND DEFAMATED BY WHITE AMERICAN - AND HELL NO I WILL NEVER EVER EVER FORGET WHAT YOU PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF. AND FOR FUTURE REFERENCE YOU SORRY ASS PIECE OF SHIT- “NIGGER” IS THE WORD YOUR FUCKING ANCESTORS USED AS A WAY TO DEMEAN MY ANCESTORS THE WORD “NIGGA” IS USED BETWEEN “MY PEOPLE” AS A SLANG WORD TO ADRRESS A FRIEND OR ACQUAINTANCE. PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE WHY GROUPS LIKE THE NAACP SHOULD ALWAYS BE VIGILANT. YES, YOU HAVE FREE SPEECH AND SO DO I - I SAY EAT SHIT AND DIE YOU MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Native | Oct 7, 2007 | Reply
i’m also a native myself and i feel as though natives dont get as much recognition as other ethnicities even though we have contributed a lot to this country already. starting with the navajo codetalkers there may be students in high school through out america that dont even know who they are and what they did. i know that there is a Native History month but just doesnt have a huge impact on people such as Black history month. i do disagree with Adrianne on boy cotting Black history month for the fact that its a way for younger African-americans to learn their own history and background. i have a friend that is part navajo/black and god only knows what she goes through everyday from other peoples judgment. But all in all i respect the fact that adrianne was able to recognize Native Americans in her statement, what she said took a lot of balls and i think we just need to learn more of each other