Stacy Dash fires back at BET

Earlier this week BET clapped back at actress
Stacey Dash after she called for the end of the
Black TV network, claiming they promote
segregation. BET reminded Stacey of her
appearance on their show, The Game, where she
cashed much needed cheque. Taking to her blog
yesterday, Stacey fired back...See what she wrote


Stacey writes on her personal blog,




Ever since I said THIS on Fox yesterday,
Black Entertainment Television has been
throwing shade. They reminded me — and
the rest of America — that I appeared on a
show called The Game, which appeared on
BET.
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...
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!
And they’re absolutely mortified that
someone like me — an independent-thinking
black woman — dares call their bluff.
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. What’s next?
Awarding $1 million to the guy sitting in his
pajamas on the couch watching Survivor?
Giving a blue ribbon to the kid who stayed
home from field day? Giving a Nobel Peace
Prize to a President who escalated wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan?
No, that would be unreasonable. 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. At National
Review, they put it this way:
From their undisputed cultural heights,
progressives have sold the American people
on a fantasy that says America is racist
unless every demographic group enjoys the
benefits of its life and shares its burdens in
exact proportion to their numbers — except, of
course, when it comes to areas of the culture
dominated by African-Americans.