2008 Woodie Awards
Faceoff: 'Flavor of Love' sour?
Skyy Sandifer
Issue date: 2/18/08 Section: Opinions
Everyone knows what to expect when the infamous chant "Flavor Flav!" is heard. Viewers have been tuning in every season to witness the public Enemy hype man search for true love on the reality television show, "Flavor of Love."
Flavor Flav is back for his third time around, and is more serious than ever about finding his companion.
Angela Pitts, also known as "Ms.Myammee," is one of the women competing for Flav's heart this season. She happens to also be a Florida A&M University graduate.
Even if the show is used as a stepping stone for greater opportunities,participating is an illogical choice.
The show may have high ratings, but it's strictly for entertainment purposes.
The women on "The Flavor of Love" are usually loud, ghetto, drama queens who thrive on attention. Manipulative and demeaning personas are not qualities prospective employers look for.
To even be selected as a contestant for the show, women must make themselves stand out. Overt sexuality and negative traits seem to get a spot in Flavor Flav's mansion.
Why would a college graduate want to portray that kind of image?
Getting away from stereotypes and destructive images placed on blacks should be the ultimate goal of FAMU students. Achieving a degree, and then becoming a participant on "The Flavor of Love" is like taking three steps forward and two steps backward.
Women are exploited on each episode of the show.
"The Flavor of Love" has a huge audience.
Even if a specific employer hasn't watched the show first hand, he or she has probably heard of it.
At a job interview, what response do you give to, "Aren't you the girl who got kicked off for fighting and stirring up chaos?"
If a person is serious about his or her career, appearing on reality television is not the route to travel.
For an aspiring video vixen, "The Flavor of Love" is a great opportunity. However, a graduate from the number one HBCU in the country is destined for more.
Skyy Sandifer is a sophomore magazine production student from Miami. She can be reached at skyysandifer@yahoo.com.
Flavor Flav is back for his third time around, and is more serious than ever about finding his companion.
Angela Pitts, also known as "Ms.Myammee," is one of the women competing for Flav's heart this season. She happens to also be a Florida A&M University graduate.
Even if the show is used as a stepping stone for greater opportunities,participating is an illogical choice.
The show may have high ratings, but it's strictly for entertainment purposes.
The women on "The Flavor of Love" are usually loud, ghetto, drama queens who thrive on attention. Manipulative and demeaning personas are not qualities prospective employers look for.
To even be selected as a contestant for the show, women must make themselves stand out. Overt sexuality and negative traits seem to get a spot in Flavor Flav's mansion.
Why would a college graduate want to portray that kind of image?
Getting away from stereotypes and destructive images placed on blacks should be the ultimate goal of FAMU students. Achieving a degree, and then becoming a participant on "The Flavor of Love" is like taking three steps forward and two steps backward.
Women are exploited on each episode of the show.
"The Flavor of Love" has a huge audience.
Even if a specific employer hasn't watched the show first hand, he or she has probably heard of it.
At a job interview, what response do you give to, "Aren't you the girl who got kicked off for fighting and stirring up chaos?"
If a person is serious about his or her career, appearing on reality television is not the route to travel.
For an aspiring video vixen, "The Flavor of Love" is a great opportunity. However, a graduate from the number one HBCU in the country is destined for more.
Skyy Sandifer is a sophomore magazine production student from Miami. She can be reached at skyysandifer@yahoo.com.
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Paul
posted 2/18/08 @ 12:53 PM EST
Angela is a smart girl. She knows what shes doing, and I have faith that she made the right choice.
StefanieK
posted 2/18/08 @ 4:14 PM EST
Can the shows second episode debut before the assumption of so called "coonery" on her part take place? Angie is no amateur to the field of entertainment & knows exactly what she's doing. (Continued…)
Miriam
posted 2/19/08 @ 10:17 AM EST
Skyy, I can't agree with you more. That show is an embarrassment to black people and by watching it or participating in it we are encouraging the behavior and letting everyone know that it is okay. (Continued…)
Will Junior
posted 2/19/08 @ 2:48 PM EST
I believe many times in today's society we rush to judgement. I have seen a couple of the episodes and Angie is NOT disrespecting herself in any way. I think people should STOP trying to find the negative things in people and realize the positives sometimes. (Continued…)
eehard
posted 2/20/08 @ 6:00 AM EST
This show is a downright embarassment to the black community. If it were possible, I would revoke her FAMU diploma. There is no reason to set yourself up to be sexually exploited! This is something I would expect a BCU graduate to do!
Antoine
posted 2/21/08 @ 4:07 PM EST
Your article was ignorant and shallow, especially w/o even speaking w/this young lady. Do you have any idea why or what her goals are before rushing to judgement. (Continued…)
L.E.
posted 2/21/08 @ 4:55 PM EST
Maybe the girl really does love Flava Flav (lol)...Obviously she has he stuff together to be a FAMU Alumni.
For the show being "an embarrassment to black people" I disagree. (Continued…)
LilWun2008
Jaz
posted 3/01/08 @ 9:45 PM EST
I rarely watch that show because I think the whole love-on-reality-TV mess is past old (Flavor of Love THREE?! THREE?!), but I don't think Miss Myammee is doing too much of anything wrong. (Continued…)
Missdiva
posted 3/23/08 @ 11:13 AM EST
Wow!! I must say I am shocked and appalled that a African American individual is putting down another African american individual. Instead of downing her, why dont you uplift her? In watching the show ever week, I noticed that she was the classiest female there. (Continued…)
CaramelSundae
posted 3/24/08 @ 8:49 AM EST
Personally, I feel participating on the show was her choice. Yes the show is degrading to a certain point. The females that are on the show choose to carry themselves that way. (Continued…)
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