'Baldwin Hills' redeems BET
Wednesday July 11, 2007
Categories: Television
After a serious drought, BET--Black Entertainment Television--has redeemed itself with the creation of the reality series, "Baldwin Hills." It documents the lives of 11—actually make that ten—upper-middle class African-American teens and 1 middle-class outsider. Does the plot sound familiar to...
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Without watching I am happy that it now exists. With music videos and College Hill making hurting the perception of African Americans, it's nice to see this rarely seen side of the minority. Hopefully this will be a contribution to proving to the world that we are not all the stereotype.
I like Baldwin Hills. I mean, the kids have parents. Who would have thought? I always thought rich reality show kids gave birth to themselves.
In case you were wondering, the "J's" are the Jungles, which is an area that is at the bottom of Baldwin Hills. In the movie Training Day, the Hispanic girlfriend of Denzel's character Alonso lived in the Jungles - the area where all those bloods were outside, which is exactly what you would see if you went there!
I watched the premiere of Baldwin Hills on BET Tuesday night. In my opinion, in was probably a realistic view of how the so-called “high society” black families live in this city. The “Miss Priss” ladies of the show will prove to be oblivious to society’s black middle class. I hope some type of reality check happens to show power and money doesn’t solve everything; HIV, death, or more on there level; heart-break.
To be continued…
i think bet is a great show to show how black people were treated.
I love the show it's very real it provides a great concept of life from the other side as far as the rich teens. Staci is not the only one living in the "J"s so is SAL him an Staci lives are complety different from the Teens in Baldwin Hills, they are on there own trying to get jobs break out int the music Industry and finding out if College education will benfit them in the long run. The teens in Baldwin hills are also facing the strugles og the real world, evrthing is not handed to you just becasue you ask for it well some of them like Moriha;s mom will not get haima car knowing his father is famous for playing in the NBA.
Staci is not middle class. She is one person on the show that's considered poor, or working class. That's exactly why when SHE makes bad choices they seem more stereotypical.
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Why is the 2nd season so short? They are showing the finale on Tuesday this week.
The"J's" is short for the "Jungles" where there are so many apt bldgs and the streets are confusing when you come for the first time you could get lost, its a blood neighborhood not far from the homes on the hills. It's actually the neighborhood that's featured in the movie Training Day where Lonzo's Latina lady and son lived.
Someone please tell me why the second season is so short???
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love ed hardy
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