Spotlight
Monday, 05 May
Reginald Hudlin
In Sunday's Washington Post Teresa Wiltz assessed Reginald Hudlin's tenure as BET's president of entertainment. The "supposed savior" of BET has been the target of criticism, including an internet video parody, and his programing choices have engendered a protest campaign. The leader of the Enough Is Enough campaign, Rev. Delman Coates, says, "The reality is, if Reginald Hudlin were white, more black leaders and more black organizations would be raising an outcry. But for some reason we give black people a pass for participating in our own exploitation." Hudlin sees the controversy in a different light. "What we do involves black youth culture, and black youth culture has always been vilified." In the end, according to Wiltz, Hudlin is a figure "squeezed between making profits and making a difference."
The Parents Television Council and the Enough is Enough campaign released a study on daytime programing on BET that found, on average, one instance of adult content every 38 seconds.
Variety reported in April that Marvel Comics entered into an agreement with BET to turn their superhero, the Black Panther, into a primetime animated series. Hudlin, who announced the deal while presenting several new programs headed to BET this year, writes the Black Panther comics for Marvel.
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