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  • Stacey Dash Gets Schooled By Kids Regarding Black History Month

    Stacey Dash has managed – in a short span of time – to be one of the most hated celebrities of our time. Ever since she officially turned conservative in 2008 and actively campaigned for then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney, she also became very vocal about her dislike of liberals and the Obama administration. Naturally, her outspoken views eventually landed her a gig as a contributor on Fox News.

    She’s really done it this time, with her recent comments about why black-oriented events and organizations should be eliminated because they “further divide us” as Americans.

    In the January 20 episode of Fox & Friends, Stacey Dash appeared to comment on the Oscar boycott controversy started by actress Jada Pinkett Smith. Calling the whole thing “ludicrous,” the Clueless actress went on to explain why she disapproves of these culture-based institutions.

    Stacey Dash Made Some Controversial Comments About BET and Black History Month

    “Either we want to have segregation or integration,” said Stacey Dash, who is of Bajan, African-American, and Mexican descent. “And if we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black. If it were the other way around, we would be up in arms. It’s a double standard.”

    As expected, celebrities from the film, music, and television industries reacted to her comments, with most of them slamming her and a few others expressing their support.

    Her latest set of critics consist of several African-American children that were gathered by the non-profit organization, Because of Them We Can. In the one-minute video that was uploaded to YouTube, the kids express their shock at the suggestions of Stacey Dash, and proceed to explain why they think that Black History Month should stay.

    Watch These Children Lecture Stacey Dash About Black History Month

    “It forces us to talk about our amazing history and it didn’t begin with slavery, no negativity, no stereotypes, all excellence because that’s who and what we are,” said one of the kids.

    A young boy looked into the camera, as if addressing Stacey Dash directly, and said, “We’re not cancelling anything, so you have to rock with us for 29 days.”

  • Stacey Dash Called “Media Ho” by Former “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” Star

    Stacey Dash was dissed recently by former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Janet Hubert. In fact, Hubert called Stacey Dash a “media ho.”

    It wasn’t long in arriving. The slam from Janet Hubert follows some controversial comments Dash recently made regarding inequality at the Oscars. She slammed the Oscars boycott recently during an episode of Fox & Friends.

    “I think it’s ludicrous,” Stacey Dash said with regard to the response of people like Jada Pinkett Smith and others to the Oscar nominations. “We have to make up our minds. Either we want to have segregation or integration. If we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the [NAACP] Image Awards, where you’re only awarded it you’re black.”

    “If it were the other way around, we would be up in arms, it’s a double standard,” she added before saying “there shouldn’t be a black history month. We’re Americans. Period.”

    Janet Hubert says Stacey Dash “has worked on BET more than most actresses have.”

    She is a bit suspicious of Dash’s intentions, too.

    “I think she’s just saying this kind of bull because she wants sensationalism and she’s working for Fox and she needs a job and she’s making a check,” Hubert said.

    Stacey Dash tried to cover her tracks by “clarifying” her initial comments–the ones that have Janet Hubert up in arms.

    On her blog, she suggested black people need to “quit settling for scraps.”

    “It’s hard to cut through the hysterical reactions to my comments the other day about Black History Month,” Stacey Dash wrote. “I feel like many of your reactions–saying that I’ve sold out to white people, that I’m ‘coonin” etc–show you aren’t hearing me.”

    “Black History should be apart of social studies and history curriculum EVERYDAY OF EVERY MONTH OF EVERY YEAR. not just 28 days out of 365!!!” she added. “In a hundred years, do you really want the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr, Frederick Douglass, and even Barack Obama to be discussed only in the month of February?”

    What’s your take on Stacey Dash? Is she, in fact, a “media ho” as Janet Hubert so eloquently suggested? Or is she simply someone who spoke too soon and is prone to being misunderstood?

  • Stacey Dash Hates Black History Month, Gets Epic Shade From Gabrielle Union

    Stacey Dash is not yielding to the public’s criticism of her recent comments on BET and Black History Month. As a matter of fact, the actress-Fox contributor is steadfast in her opinions and believes that she deserves an apology from her detractors on social media.

    In a lengthy post that she wrote on Monday on the Patheos blog, Dash shut down her critics using pretty much one argument – that she and esteemed actor Morgan Freeman share the same views on race relations in America.

    Entitled “Twitter Haters, When Do I Get My Apology for Agreeing with Morgan Freeman about #BlackHistoryMonth?” the post further elaborated on the reason why black-oriented events and organizations need to be eliminated.

    “When I spoke out on Fox News and on my blog about the need to get rid of BET and Black History Month, all the same usual Twitter haters came out of the woodwork to troll me and say all sorts of disgusting things about me,” wrote the 49-year-old Clueless actress.

    “If you’re going to call me ignorant, stupid, and an Uncle Tom, you need to be intellectually honest and also call out Morgan Freeman,” she added.

    Stacey Dash References this Morgan Freeman Interview from 2006

    Freeman did suggest the removal of Black History Month back in 2006 during an interview on 60 Minutes. Stacey Dash included the said video in her blog post, and went on to say, “What’s that you say? You didn’t realize that Morgan Freeman agrees with me that having a Black History Month is actually racist and a part of the problem in healing race relations in America?”

    Fellow black actress Gabrielle Union recently joined the Stacey Dash discussion, and gave a perfectly shady response by feigning knowledge of who Dash is.

    The outspoken actress, who stars in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane, feigned knowledge of Dash’s celebrity and called her a “crazy lady.”

    “Who’s Stacey Dash? Is she like related to Dame Dash? Was she on Roc-A-Fella?” Union said. She also called explained the existence of the BET Awards, Country Music Awards, and the ALMA Awards and insisted that they are necessary in addressing the lack of diversity in mainstream awards.

    Gabrielle Union Addresses Stacey Dash Over BET Comment

  • Stacey Dash Bashes Oscar Boycott, Wants To Get Rid Of Black History Month

    Fox commentator Stacey Dash is stirring the racial pot once again, and people are reacting aggressively from both sides.

    The actress-turned-news contributor, who is best known for her character Dionne in the 1995 film Clueless, is slowly establishing herself as an outspoken conservative pundit. After cursing on air while criticizing President Obama – for which she got suspended by Fox News – Stacey Dash has now weighed in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.

    Stacey Dash gave her two cents following the recent call to boycott the Oscars this year by big Hollywood stars such as actress Jada Pinkett-Smith and director Spike Lee. They and many other celebrities complained about the lack of diversity among the nominees.

    During Wednesday’s episode of Fox & Friends, Stacey Dash addressed the boycott by calling it “ludicrous” and implied that black-dominated networks such as BET are just as discriminatory as the Academy Awards for mostly recognizing black artists.

    Watch Stacey Dash Comment on the Recent Oscar Boycott

    “If we don’t want segregation, then we have to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the [NAACP] Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black.”

    She also suggested the expulsion of Black History Month, echoing earlier sentiments that she previously expressed in a November 2015 blog post entitled “Why Black History Month is Ridiculous and Why BET Should Not Exist.”

    “There shouldn’t be a Black History Month. We’re Americans, period. That’s it,” she said on the Fox show.

    As expected, Dash’s brash comments drew the ire of her fellow African-Americans in the business. BET took to their official website and social media accounts to slam Stacey Dash’s claims, posting a series of images featuring her old character in Clueless as well as the network’s comedy series The Game, in which she starred.

    Stacey Dash Is Slammed on The View for Her Comments About Black History Month

    The hosts of The View also criticized Stacey Dash for committing “the height of hypocrisy” by suggesting the removal of BET and black organizations when she has benefitted numerous times from their various media outlets.

  • Stacey Dash: BET Hits Back At Dash’s Segregation Comments

    Stacey Dash: BET Hits Back At Dash’s Segregation Comments

    Stacey Dash has officially opened a floodgate against herself.

    Stacey Dash, an actress mostly known for her role in 1995 cult hit Clueless and her contribution to Fox News, made some risky remarks on Wednesday’s Fox & Friends.

    In response to the news of Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee’s announcements that they will be boycotting the Oscars this year due to a lack of diversity among nominees, Stacey Dash suggested doing away with BET and Black History month.

    No kidding, that really happened.

    Stacey Dash said, “I think it’s ludicrous. Because, we have to make up our minds. Either we want segregation or integration.”

    Thank you @Hasbro #clueless #mylittlepony

    A photo posted by Stacey Dash (@realstaceyldash) on

    She added, “If we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET, and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black. If it were the other way around, we would be up in arms. It’s a double standard.”

    Stacey Dash then took a couple of hits at President Obama and suggested that since there is no White History month, there should be no Black History month.

    That did it.

    What do you think about what Stacey Dash said about BET and Black History month?

  • Stacey Dash Says There Should Be No BET, Black History Month

    In discussing the controversy over the lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar nominees, actress-turned-conservative commentator Stacey Dash made a rather controversial statement.

    In the spirit of integration, Dash suggested that we get rid of black-focused TV channels like BET as well as Black History Month.

    “We have to make up our minds. Either we want to have segregation or integration, and if we don’t want segregation, then we have to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black,” she said. “If it were the other way around, we’d be up in arms. It’s a double standard.”

    When Fox host Steve Doocy pushed her to elaborate on whether or not there should be a BET, Dash doubled down, saying,

    “No, I don’t think so. No. Just like there shouldn’t be a Black History Month. You know? We’re Americans. Period. That’s it.”

    There shouldn’t be a black history month. We’re Americans, period.”

    It might make people, but we have to decide: do we want to segregate ourselves out of society?

    Posted by Stacey Dash on Wednesday, January 20, 2016

    On her blog on Patheos, Dash points out that she is only saying what Morgan Freeman once said.

    At least on that point, she’s correct:

    The internet reaction to Dash’s comments has been massive.

  • School Sorry About Black History Month Lunch Menu

    Fried chicken, watermelon, and cornbread – what’s not to love for the lunch menu of Black History Month at an all-girls Catholic school?

    Well, when you’re Principal Nancy Libby of Carondelet High School for Girls in Concord, California, you’ll wind up having to hold an assembly to discuss the incident as a means of appeasing upset students and parents. Buttered up apology letters from Principal Libby were sent to the students’ homes that read:

    “I’d like to apologize for the announcement and any hurt this caused students, parents or community members. Please know that at no time at Carondelet do we wish to perpetuate racial stereotypes.”


    So is this all okay to do?

    Maybe not, as it leaves the fowl bitter taste of alluding perpetuated stereotypes in one’s mouth; it’s because blackface-era cartoons always portrayed lewd caricatures of African-Americans eating these foods.

    “Quite offensive because they put everything that we’ve accomplished into a menu,” Dr. Doris Limbrick, principal of Acts Christian Academy in East Oakland told KPIX 5.

    Yet, there’s always room for the neutral perspective: Professor James Taylor of the University of San Francisco saw why some students and teachers would find the choice of cuisine offensive, despite no ill-will:

    “Chicken, watermelon, collard greens — these stereotypes of black Southern culture that come from the same place where the N-word comes from.”

    But others like Elizabeth Williams of the Contra Costa County Equal Opportunity Commission and a member of the NAACP mentioned that the food wasn’t offensive at all; these delectable delicacies deserve devouring and decompressing.

    “What is the big deal?” Williams told CBS SF. “Historically and even now, we like our chicken and I’m not going to stop eating my fried chicken, nor my cornbread, nor my watermelon.”

    “Let’s move on. Let’s be more progressive. Let’s not be so insulted about something so minute.”

    But how did this all happen? Who allowed such food items to be placed on the menu and why?

    Last Thursday, further damage control came from the school’s Director of Communications Christina Ditzel in the form of a PDF letter posted on the school’s website. Essentially, there was a communication gap; even without the approval of administrative knowledge or permission, the menu was still dished out.

    Whoopsie doodle.

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