Jennifer SantiagoMedia Journalism News Story

The Million Man March 20th year reunion that was held in Washington DC on October 10th was refused to be aired on BET to avoid offending white viewers.

There was an estimate of 15 million people who participated to support “Justice or else” during a time of inequality, police brutality, & murders of unarmed black and Hispanic men in the recent few months. BET released a statement days later stating:

We decided not to air the Million Man March because we are working towards racial equality and to end division among whites and blacks. Although we understand the reasoning behind the Million Man March led by the Honorable Minster Louis Farrakhan, we can stand behind a theme that is “Justice or Else”. The ideology behind the theme encourages violence towards whites and we do not condone violent acts of terror against whites or any other races. We started as a black entertainment television company but now we have moved forward and we have viewers of the white community we wish not to offend by airing the Million Man March”

After receiving this statement BET have received hate mails about boycotting the channel.

Also BET awards lost 1.5 millions viewers due to the lack of BET Million Man March coverage.

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http://reportquickly.com/bet-refused-to-air-2015-million-man-march-to-avoid-offending-white-viewers/

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/10/us/million-man-march/