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• Avoid 'Hot Ghetto Mess'--Whatever it's Called

  Published: July 26, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Bet, Hot Ghetto Mess, We Got To Do Better

  After weeks of controversy, dropped sponsorship and a last minute name change, BET aired the series premiere of "We Got to Do Better," formerly known as "Hot Ghetto Mess." For starters, the show was a hot ghetto mess. The title change made the day before the show, did nothing to save the show from its ignorance. HGM--as I will call it despite

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• BET wants you to read a %$#ing book

  Published: August 26, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: Bet, Blacks, Books, Culture, Hot Ghetto Mess, Literacy, Read Book, Reading, We Got To Do Better

  Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Video, AnimationSatire is a tricky sword to wield, and BET's current efforts to call attention to some of the less-favorable aspects of current black culture are proof of that. First, there was We Got to Do Better (formerly Hot Ghetto Mess), a series whose pilot episode was so schizophrenic I actually

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