http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/09/leisure.mtv.reut/index.html

Where the hell were these "prominent Blacks" when Snoop Dogg actually did what the cartoon was spoofing? Where are these "prominent Blacks" when rap and hip-hop videos show blacks as digusting human beings, time in and time out, year after year???

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"LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A new MTV cartoon depicting black women squatting on all fours tethered to leashes and defecating on the floor is drawing fire from several prominent African Americans who call the episode degrading. Critics say MTV, a popular music video channel on cable television, showed especially poor judgment because the weekly animated program "Where My Dogs At?" appeals to young teens and airs at an hour, 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays, when many children are watching television. The show just completed its initial eight-episode run on MTV2, a spinoff channel of the U.S. music video institution that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The half-hour show lampoons real-life celebrities and pop culture as seen through the eyes of two wise-cracking stray dogs -- Woofie and Buddy -- voiced by comedians Tracy Morgan and Jeffrey Ross, respectively. A statement released this week by the Viacom Inc.-owned cable network, whose president, Christina Norman, is black, defended the episode in question as social satire. In it, a look-alike of rap star Snoop Dogg strolls into a pet shop with two bikini-clad black women on leashes. They hunch over on all fours and scratch themselves as he orders one of them to "hand me my latte." At the end of the segment, the Snoopathon Dogg Esquire character dons a rubber glove to clean up excrement left on the floor by one of the women. MTV said the "Woofie Loves Snoop" episode, which first aired on July 1, was "in fact a parody of an actual appearance Snoop Dogg made where he was accompanied by two women wearing neck collars and chains." "We certainly do not condone Snoop's actions and the goal was to take aim at that incident for its insensitivity and outrageousness," the statement said. But several prominent blacks, including New York Daily News columnist Stanley Crouch, condemned the segment as misogynist, racist and crude, and they questioned the sincerity of MTV's contention that it was satirizing the outlandish behavior of a real-life rapper. "Where's the context in that?" said Lisa Fager, president and co-founder of the Industry Ears, a consortium of broadcast industry professionals who monitor and critique media content. Crouch suggested in a column this week that the "Where My Dogs At?" segment was an extension of dehumanizing images contained in gangsta rap videos aired by MTV and projected "around the world as 'real' black culture." Payne Brown, a high-ranking executive at cable giant Comcast Corp., said he lodged a personal complaint in an e-mail to Norman but found her response, essentially the same as the network's press statement, to be unsatisfying. The show carries a rating advising parents that they may find its material unsuitable for children under age 14."

8/10/2006 10:23:45 AM

the term "prominent blacks" sounds more racist to me than anything else I read in that article.

8/10/2006 10:27:44 AM

This was funnier the first time, when it was called Smell the Glove.

8/10/2006 10:31:11 AM

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"black women squatting on all fours tethered to leashes and defecating on the floor "

thats how I see all black women

8/10/2006 10:33:34 AM

the desensitization of america at its finest right here

8/10/2006 10:38:48 AM

those new cartoons that mtv2 premeired fucking sucked

should have never brought back celebrity deathmatch, either

8/10/2006 10:42:00 AM

what they should bring back is mothafuckin Clone High

8/10/2006 10:44:34 AM

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"Tracy Morgan "

love that guy.

8/10/2006 10:49:47 AM

8/10/2006 11:17:35 AM

8/10/2006 11:20:33 AM

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"what they should bring back is mothafuckin Clone High"

8/10/2006 11:42:46 AM

SAY WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?

8/10/2006 11:51:13 AM

people...meaning races, religions, sexuality etc....need to grow the fuck. so someone makes fun of you, big deal its free speech. PC is bullshit, and if your too weak to live in a world where you may be offended then that is your problem. mel gibson talks shit about jews and the JDL gets its panties in a bunch..so what grow the fuck up, he can say what ever the fuck he wants. this cartoon makes black people pissed, so what, grow the fuck up. it is NO ONES job to protect special groups from being offended in this country, if you cant take being offended than get the fuck out or grow the fuck up

8/10/2006 12:13:01 PM

black and tan

8/10/2006 12:28:14 PM

^^waaaaaaaaaaaay too rational for most people

8/10/2006 12:31:45 PM

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"MTV, a popular music video channel "

....maybe twenty years ago.

8/10/2006 12:33:44 PM

MTV, a popular reality TV channel

8/10/2006 1:06:56 PM

The fact that these "prominent blacks" are upset about this episode is probably giving it more publicity than the actual airing of the episode itself received. I don't think anyone watches that Sic-amation bullshit.

8/10/2006 1:17:48 PM

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"black women squatting on all fours tethered to leashes and defecating on the floor"

i'm colorblind like steven colbert, i dont get why there is such a big fuss

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"A new MTV cartoon depicting black women squatting on all fours tethered to leashes and defecating on the floor is drawing fire from several prominent African Americans who call the episode degrading."

so what if the cartoon was depicting a white person?

yeah white people wouldnt do shit but shuck and jive with the rest of their friends that watch chappelles show

8/10/2006 1:25:06 PM

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"what they should bring back is mothafuckin Clone High"

8/10/2006 1:25:07 PM

I would like to see this video

8/10/2006 2:29:43 PM