“Until there is no longer a need for that, I celebrate the ALMAs, the same way I celebrate the Country Music Awards, and the same way I celebrate the BET Awards and the Image Awards. KAY ANGRUM The Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) Actress Gabrielle Union is taking aim at Stacey Dash after the Fox News contributor last week questioned the BET channel’s existence. If you don’t see yourself reflected in mainstream awards, you tend to create your own,” she said. “It’s like why there’s a need for ‘Birth of a Nation,’ and why there’s a need for the Country Music Awards and the ALMA Awards.
GABRIELLE UNION ON STACEY DASH SERIES
Union, who also stars in the BET series “Being Mary Jane,” clearly didn’t agree with Dash’s comments and stressed the need for diversity and inclusion.Īlso Read: BET Rips Stacey Dash for Being a Hypocrite: 'Can We Get Our Check Back?' (Photos) There shouldn’t be a Black History Month. Perhaps you remember (or have blocked out) that Stacey Dash, known for her role as Dionne in Clueless, is now a conservative commentator who regularly stirs up drama on Fox News.Most recently she. “If it were the other way around, we’d be up in arms. 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,” she said. Her comments quickly sparked the hashtag #WhoIsStaceyDash, which was soon trending on both Facebook and Twitter.Īlso Read: Inside Historic Sundance Bidding War for 'Birth of a Nation': Why Netflix Offered More But Still Lostĭash caused controversy last week when, during a discussion about diversity and the Oscars, she said there shouldn’t be a Black History Month and networks like BET should be shut down.
“Who is that? Who’s Stacey Dash ? Is she related to Dame Dash? Was she on Roc-A-Fella ? I heard of a crazy lady once, maybe last week, but I don’t know what her name is,” Union joked on the red carpet at the Sundance premiere of the Nate Parker slave rebellion film on Monday night. BET, Gabrielle Union, Stacey Dash, The Birth of a Nation Keith Reid-Cleveland The Black Youth Project News Editor has written about politics, race and entertainment for multiple publications, such as Uproxx, The Undefeated, Black Nerd Problems, Comic Book Resources and more.
When “Birth of a Nation” actress Gabrielle Union was asked about Fox News commentator Stacey Dash‘s recent comments on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, she didn’t hold back.
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