BET network stirs controversy with an edgy video campaign promoting literacy and black pride

Long criticized for showing gangsta rap videos and those with scantily clad female dancers, Black Entertainment Television is now taking those images—spiced with profanity and frequent use of the N-word—and remixing them into an audacious animated video promoting literacy and black pride that is drawing both praise and condemnation. Read more about the video in this article from the Los Angeles Times.