Harlepolis said:

i dont like magazines like this anyway, why do they have to have a magazine for black people anyway pfft

Zinzi said:

If you knew your history, then you wouldn't make a ridiculous statement like that.

uPtoWnNY said:

my history?

at least i know logic

Zinzi said:

Uh..Oh...its about to get ugly up in here..

SavonOsco said:

It's like the folks who rail against HBCUs, and TV/radio stations geared towards a particular ethnic group, without understanding the history behind them. Morons.

uPtoWnNY said:

and whats the history,keep america segregated?

Zinzi said:

There are no words.

sammij said:

meh?

Zinzi said:

Guess so

Zinzi said:

Guess what?

America will STAY segregated & divided whether Ebony stays on business or get flushed down the toilet, it was founded on that fact and it will keep being that way,,,,,much to alot of people's displeasure, don't think its supposed to end just because a black man happens to be the president.

And its not even about segregation,,,its about black OWNERSHIP!!

OWNERSHIP is what's at stake when you separate the wheat from the shaft. Most black people in this country are not connected to owning anything....if that job/career ends, thats it.

sammij said:

wonder how long it will take for this thread to get moved to P&R?

Wow, I have subscribed not to them for years... but I will get subscription tomorrow for Ebony.

I never liked Jet. Too small and almost tabloid with it's "people talking" column... and Star does the tabloids...so much better.

Anyhoo.

I am supporting Ebony because I really like seeing beautiful Black people on the magazine covers who LOOK black, wearing hair and make up that accentuate their beautiful ethnicity. I like seeing women wearing lipstick with colors like "Raisin" and "Blackberry"... not "Iced Peach" and "Perfectly Tanned."

This along with ariticles about Black families, Black music groups helped me feel a sense of belonging in America.

I did not identify with a family outing to a baseball game or going to a hoedown or square dancing... As a Black girl, I identified with driving down south for family reunions, and back yard barbeques and house parties. To read strategies for families doing THOSE activities were more relevant to me.

Now internet takes up more of my time so that I don't read many magazines... but if I decided to pick up a copy to find out the latest on Ericka Badu or yes even Prince... I know that I will get an interesting article and GREAT PICTURES in Ebony or Essence magazine.

You got to support them or all we will have left is a tiny one column story in People (very seldom a cover story unless there is a scandal to captialize on), or those crappy (can't spell or write a grammatically correct sentence) hip hop "magazine".
[Edited 8/21/09 18:40pm]

Zinzi said:

If you're gonna question Jet/Ebony magazine,why don't you question Rush
Dimbaugh who has a members only website(we know for whom and apparently
he doesn't want to respond intelligently to the few blacks that call
in his talk show to challenge his idiotology)or Sean Hannity who has
a dating service for like minded conservatives.

phunkdaddy said:

because i didnt know rush or sean existed untill now,i thought my statement made it clear i have no liking for any racists

Zinzi said:

sammij said:

Obviously, she has no clue what that word stands for either

Harlepolis said:

i dont care what the word stands for to be fair, its the action my dad used to get me the ebony magazine and i read it and didnt understand why something had to be put as a 'black magazine'
if a magazine came out that was called 'ivory' and treated the news of whites superior to the news of blacks and deliberately contained no black people then media would be all over their ass

Zinzi said:

Then stop saying it.

Harlepolis said:

stop typing it

..stop typing it

Honestly, folks, let's not get bent out of shape by the comments of someone who simply said they don't see the need for black-geared publications.

They, in all fairness, probably don't see the need for golfing, NASCAR, cooking, religious or financial publications either. I mean, because let's face it: Niche publications must be inherently skewed.

It's probably worth considering that perspective some.



OK, and in the case of anyone who might be trolling (not saying said poster is), don't demean yourself by reacting. It's not worth it.

ThreadBare said:

instead of running around the house in a little car someone explain why we need it
id be willing to sit back and read

ThreadBare said:

I tried not to, but somebody gotta set the record straight,,,,,you can't live your life being "naive". There's no excuse for that anymore.

Harlepolis said:

What's the Org history? Trolls who play genuinely-yet-provocatively naive invariably and fairly successfully play the role of the schoolkid who throws the first punch.

Again, not saying Zinc or whatever our Org friend is named is a troll. I'm just saying again that it's not worth it. Entertainment takes a lot of different forms on the Org.

ThreadBare said:

Touche.

Zinzi said:

I've never read a Jet or Ebony magazine that stated that the news in
the black community was superior to other races but obviously you don't
have a clue. If there was no Jet or Ebony especially on the heels of
racial disparity at it's highest in the 60's,the black community wouldn't
have been informed about things that affect it's culture or this country.
Let me break it down for you. There was a time when magazines like People
weren't putting blacks on the cover or Time and U.S News weren't talking
about issues in the black community. What the hell was Ebony and Jet thinking
when they decided to put out a magazine about news affecting the black
community? Maybe they should have consulted with the editor of People
magazine first to see if they had the same idea.

phunkdaddy said:

thats not explaining why people need it now
blacks arent segregated anymore
and their statement being that black people are meant to read a certain magazine simply because they are black and that means they have a ''culture'' that coincidently glides in with every other black person in america
over the new and improved mainstream magazines is bEE Ess

Zinzi said:

Ma'am, you've made your point that you don't think magazines that cater to ethnic groups should exist. If you want to debate that point, you probably should start a thread in the Politics & Religion forum.

The original post, however, quotes an article that talks about how pressures on the print media industry are making Johnson Publishing's shift to online products even more urgent and have caused layoffs (a trend seen in non-ethnic media, particularly in daily newspapers).

Do you find that you read more online publications than printed ones? If you read print publications, which ones do you favor? Given your profile details (UK, 19-year-old female), I'm sure media companies are targeting your demographic pretty heavily as a consumer.

ThreadBare said:

I sometimes buy and sometimes read online, i prefer whichever one offers good information