Billy Dee Williams says, "Where do I go to get my image back?"

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Just when you thought Obama had made it safe for the public image of Negroes, Bob Johnson claps back:

Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to approve plans for a new "urban" television network that would cater to a multicultural audience interested in health, lifestyle, education and other issues, a spokeswoman for Johnson told Journal-isms on Tuesday.
An ill wind just blew over Harlem. An ill, ill wind.

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