A Maryland-based Baptist minister is organizing a protest outside Black Entertainment Television's Second Annual Hip-Hop Awards show Oct. 13, outside Atlanta's Civic Center. It is his right to voice his concerns.
However, I find the minister's recent protests at the home of BET Networks CEO Debra Lee to be extremely problematic while setting a dangerous precedent. The rich history of black civic and social protest has never targeted individuals at their homes. Rather, such protest identifies institutional and corporate sources of offensive behavior.
(ENLARGE) Michael Eric Dyson is a professor at Georgetown University.
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