Actress and FOX News contributor Stacey Dash is again under fire from mainstream mediates on the left for criticizing the effort by some to boycott the Oscars for failing to nominate enough minorities. That’s because Ms. Dash sees this for what it is, balderdash.
“I think its ludicrous,” Dash said. “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. If it were the other way around, we’d be up in arms. It’s a double standard.”
Stacey Dash made a factual statement. No one can seriously argue that if the tables were turned it wouldn’t provoke an uproar. Yet, if you agree with Ms. Dash’s statement, then you are a racist or, just a “clueless” simpleton. BET responded to Dash’s comments through their social media channels. On Instagram, BET posted a still from The Game featuring Dash with the caption, “Soooooo @realstaceyldash, can we get our check back… or nah? #Remember #YouWereOnTheGame #AndWeDontMeanTheRapper.” They also tweeted a link to a post on their website titled, “Every Time Stacey Dash Proved She Was Clueless.”
Stacey also expressed her disapproval of Black History Month, which the media spun into a narrative that portrays her as someone opposed to celebrating or teaching black American heroes.
Quite the opposite.
What is wrong with teaching the struggles of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglas, or Booker T. Washington with the rest of American history. We are after all Americans; shared history is defined as the study of past events and it helps to define the bond of nation.
In America there are black-only colleges, black-only country clubs and organizations such as the NAACP, which are but shadows of their former selves that smear their once-proud history. If we are to reach true integration, as the good Rev. Al Sharpton claims is his goal, maybe some of us need to look in the mirror past the color of our skin.
History is a simple account of past events, both the good and the ugly. Neither it nor the future will be bound by color, or phony sentiment.
While Ms. Dash was trending on Twitter, one user asked if someone was willing to kill her, she was called a sociopath, an “Uncle Tom,” told to commit suicide, etc. I could go on, but there is only so much stupidity that I care to reiterate.
Let us be honest with one another, she is right. Dash is more than capable of defending herself, but I am frankly sick of the mainstream media twisting the words of conservative woman who aren’t minority enough because of their ideology. If someone doesn’t fall in line with their ideology, they’re stripped of their right to voice their opinion on issues of race.
When I responded to one Twitter user about Dash’s comments I was told that I hate all blacks. That would imply that a conservative black woman doesn’t qualify as black enough to satisfy their definition. But that’s just sadly where the political discourse on race relations is in America.
Sheila Miller / January 21, 2016
this lady has a lot on the ball
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Richard D. Baris / January 21, 2016
Indeed, she does. Love Stacey.
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