The Null Device

In the US, a group of black college groups was considering a boycott of cable channel BET (Black Entertainment Television). The group's grievance is that BET overemphasises materialism, with designer-label clothing and luxury cars being presented as a measure of worth and status (a phenomenon referred to as "bling-bling" in the hip-hop lexicon).

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