MTV released a video on Monday with advice for white men in the upcoming year — and users on social media were quick to slam the video as “racist” and “pathetic.”
In the video, a number of people look into the camera and tell viewers that white guys should “try to recognize that America was never great for anyone who wasn’t a white guy,” that they should stop bragging about being ‘woke’ and that no one should brag about having black friends.
The people in the video also mention Kanye West, Beyonce and the judge in the Stanford sexual assault case.
https://twitter.com/MTVNews/status/810960588973035520
The response was predictably critical, with one Twitter user writing, “funny that MTV makes a video telling white guys to stop being racist yet it took them almost a decade to show black musicians on the channel.”
However, some defended the channel, with another user using the hashtag #GoAheadKeepProvingTheirPoint.
https://twitter.com/alex_scaffidi/status/811233146670870528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/JoeyElrod/status/811239483890929665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/FroesOverHoes/status/811253430144692224
MTV has not yet responded to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Read tweets responding to the video below.
https://twitter.com/stevanaustino/status/811219527681900549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Michael_Heaver/status/811138274249109508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/fuzzbish/status/811256858665164800
https://twitter.com/GaRrEtTGaInEyGG/status/811255509126967301
https://twitter.com/MarciaCrocker01/status/811255423760289793
https://twitter.com/rejialex7/status/811252400006823936
Oh, and MTV News, sorry that I neglected to properly acknowledge your suggestions for us white guys. You can go fuck yourself also.
— Dennis LaGrone (@Dennis_LaGrone) December 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/Maddiie_lynnn/status/811246503486509057
https://twitter.com/Liam27White/status/811245318436257794
funny that MTV makes a video telling white guys to stop being racist yet it took them almost a decade to show black musicians on the channel
— jimbo (@maawong) December 20, 2016