For today’s blog post I want to talk about Stacey Dash
and her ignorant comments that she made on Fox News as a contributor about a
week ago. For those who missed that episode of Fox, Ms. Dash was asked about
her thoughts about the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag that began to trend due to the
lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations this year. Basically, Ms. Dash saw
nothing wrong with the nominations this year, and went on to say as African
Americans we should not continue to separate ourselves with networks such as
BET, and we should not have a Black History Month. Well Ms. Dash did it ever
occur to you that these networks were created, and still exist, because as
African American’s we are not given equal opportunities on networks such as
NBC, CBS, or any of the prime time networks for that matter. So since those
opportunities were not there we created our own television networks, and award
shows, such as the BET awards, soul train awards, the NCAAP awards so our
culture can be celebrated, and properly represented. So until we are given
these equal opportunities at the Grammy’s, Oscar’s, or Emmy’s we will continue
to have these separate award shows and channels. And until we are celebrated
and respected 365 days out of the year, we will continue to have black history
month as a celebration of Black culture and heritage.
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