Stacey Dash: Oscar flap ‘ludicrous’ and get rid of Black History Month

Stacey Dash

Dash, an African-American actress and contributor to the network, also said on Wednesday’s “Fox & Friends” that to obtain integration there should be no Black History Month, award shows that honor African-Americans, or BET, a channel that focuses on African-American entertainment.

“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,” Dash said. “If it were the other way around, we would be up in arms. It’s a double standard.”

Dash continued, “There shouldn’t be a Black History Month. We’re Americans, period. That’s it.”

Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy followed up asking Dash, “Do you think there shouldn’t be a black history month because there isn’t a white history month?”

“Exactly, exactly,” Dash said nodding.

Dash’s comments come as director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith said they would protest the Oscars because all of the acting nominees this year were white.

She also responded to Al Sharpton’s criticisms of the Oscars when he said, “Hollywood is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher up you get the whiter it gets.”

“That’s not necessarily true. If it is then that needs to change,” Dash said. “What I find astounding is that we’ve had a president who is black in office for the past eight years who gets most of his funding from the liberal elite in Hollywood. Yet, there are not many roles for people of color. How can that be?”

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