Stacey Dash posted an open a letter in response to the “shade” BET has been throwing her way ever since she said the network shouldn’t exist. The actress turned talking head—who even cousin Damon Dash feels is associating the family name with cooning—is also doubling down on her calls to abolish Black History Month.
When this whole debacle started, BET quickly pointed out that Dash appeared on The Game, and in tongue in cheek fashion asked for their check back. Dash felt a ways.
She wrote:
Well, here’s the thing. Thank you for reminding me, since most people have never heard of that show.
Why? It’s on BET.
Quick. Name the top shows on BET.
Drawing a blank?
I think I’ve made my point.
I’m thankful for all of the acting jobs I’ve had. But I look forward to the day when people don’t self-segregate based on skin color, while loudly complaining about a segregated society.
That might be hard for the people at BET to understand, especially after I read this quote from a BET exec about the Oscars:
“It would be great if the Oscar nominees represented even closely the percentage of moviegoers who are of different ethnicities, but they don’t,” said Stephen Hill.
Wow. Apparently, Mr. Hill doesn’t understand what an Oscar is.
Oscars are awarded to the actors and actresses who excel… not the audience.
Last we checked, there are a legion of talented Black actors and actresses, not including Dash. Also, Oscar voters are a majority white, so there’s that.
As for the whole Blacks need to stop segregating themselves struggle logic, this is where Dash gets downright loony.
She wrote, “My problem goes back to the notion that every area of life needs to break down exactly according to demographic ratios except in those areas in which black people have decided they want to have their own space. I don’t have a problem with black people having their own space. I have a problem with the folks at BET absolutely freaking out when other institutions don’t match up to what they think is best.”
Oh. So Black people pointing out bias is hypocritical because we have our own spaces? Got it. But note: plenty of white people were going in on #OscarsSoWhite, too.
She added, “BET lies to American black people by telling them that the rest of America is racist, so stick close to your own kind. Anything that promotes segregation is bad!”
The irony of Dash saying BET lies to Black people when she herself is on sly FOX News’ payroll is titanic. She really doesn’t have a clue after all.
Read Dash’s full letter right here. Let us know if you agree or disagree with Stacey Dash in the comments. Also, she didn’t mention giving the check back to BET.
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