![]() ![]() “And they’re absolutely mortified that someone like me - and independent-thinking black woman - dares call their bluff.”Ī BET spokeswoman said on Friday the network would have no further comment. ![]() I think she makes some good points, dont know why the controversy. ![]() She wrote that BET lies to American blacks by telling them the rest of America is racist. author, and close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. What do you think of Stacey Dash and her comments about Black History Month I always thought she was hot but didnt know she was still an actress, I havent seen her in anything since clueless 20 years ago. “But I look forward to the day when people don’t self-segregate based on skin colour, while loudly complaining about a segregated society.” “I’m thankful for all of the acting jobs I had,” she wrote. On TV One, commentator Roland Martin showed how Dash has appeared on the cover of several magazines geared to black audiences and called her “a damn fool”.ĭash, who was suspended from Fox for two weeks last month for using an obscenity in a description of President Barack Obama, wrote on her website that most people have never heard of The Game because it’s on BET. Several non-black artists have either received BET Awards or performed at the annual awards show, including Robin Thicke, Justin Beiber, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande and Sam Smith, the network said. “African-American contributions to American culture are countless and we cannot and should not wait for anyone to acknowledge them,” Lee said. More seriously, BET Chairman and CEO Debra Lee said the network was created to give African-Americans and lovers of black culture a place on TV where they could consistently see themselves represented and celebrated. The former Clueless star said people need to make up their minds between segregation and integration, “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 rewarded if you’re black”.Ī tongue-in-cheek BET tweeted a picture of Dash appearing in the network’s sitcom The Game and asking, “can we get our cheque back?” The dispute stemmed from Dash’s Fox & Friends interview on Wednesday when she was asked about the lack of black nominees for Academy Awards. She wrote on her website that BET lies to its viewers and promotes segregation. Don’t look for actress and Fox News Channel contributor Stacey Dash to be working on any more BET shows for a while.ĭash questioned the black-oriented network’s very existence last week and wouldn’t back down despite criticism. ![]()
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