Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Petition to revoke BET sponsorship and event representation

#Taren916 was invited to speak on a panel presented by #BET called Leading Women Defined Summit #LWD #LWDBET, that included the likes of our own first lady, Mrs. Michelle Obama, Carol's Daughter Founder, Lisa Price, BET CEO, Debra Lee, and Attorney and TV Personality, Star Jones, just to name a few. And then there was #Taren916.

The caliber of women on that panel represent power, strength and true empowerment when it came to represent black women, however, Taren's presence was the "anomaly" as she does not represent any of that. Taren's presence was a reminder of the perpetuation of stereotypes that plague black women, including having the highest incidence of out of wedlock births in the country.

Perhaps it was an oversight on #BET's part to not research their panel participants, but we cannot allow women like #Taren916 to be representative of what black women are about because she is not any of that. The message she sends is that it is okay to have multiple children out of wedlock, it is okay to be a mistress to a married man, as long as you have a big afro, make videos talking in circles about a bunch of nothing and post to social media, people will follow you.

Is #Taren916 the type of woman you want to represent you at these types of events? Among women who have actually done something positive with themselves and are not a walking stereotype?

If not, let #BET know that you cannot and will not support their network or events.

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