BET Hits Back at Stacey Dash: Hey, Remember When You Appeared On Our Network?
Fox News’ Stacey Dash responded to #OscarsSoWhite today by saying that if people are so concerned about segregation, they should get rid of, say, BET, “where you are only awarded if you are black.”
Now, leaving aside the fact that white people have won BET awards, Dash has been getting a ton of social media blowback today. And BET ended up responding:
? Soooooo @REALStaceyDash can we get our check back… or nah?
#Remember
#YouWereOnTheGame
#AndWeDontMeanTheRapper pic.twitter.com/2vWq03J0c9
— BET (@BET) January 20, 2016
(Dash guest-starred on episodes of BET show The Game a few years back.)
And then these two tweets appeared on their timeline:
@BET #BHM / #BETAwards is't only to lift collective self-esteem of Black American-it expands the humanity of White Americans #StaceyDash
— MichaelaAngela Davis (@MichaelaAngelaD) January 20, 2016
Every Time Stacey Dash Proved She Was Clueless: https://t.co/mto8DSxVhe pic.twitter.com/NBDorO6Jna
— BET (@BET) January 20, 2016
That second one links to a 2015 BET post––a slideshow of “crazy” things she’s said.
And on top of all that, TV One anchor Roland Martin went on a tweetstorm calling her a hypocrite:
.@REALStaceyDash says there should not be Black networks or awards shows. So why has she done interviews/photo spreads w/Black magazines?
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 20, 2016
Hey @REALStaceyDash. Did you tell @FoxNews you attended the 2011 @NAACP Theatre Awards? I know. Pesky facts! pic.twitter.com/JheCjiB445
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 20, 2016
Remember that time @REALStaceyDash adorned the cover of a Black health magazine, Heart & Soul? Hmmmm. pic.twitter.com/Egr6c8ExpB
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 20, 2016
My bad @REALStaceyDash. You were a PRESENTER with @TheOrlandoJones at the NAACP Theatre Awards. I know. The Internet pic.twitter.com/9OSY7U3Lta
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 20, 2016
One more @REALStaceyDash. So no to Black History Month @naacpimageaward @BET, but yes to Black men's mag King? Hmmmm pic.twitter.com/dokpzt3Pn9
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 20, 2016
Wait. Is that @REALStaceyDash on the cover of @GetJETmag with Damon Wayans promoting Mo' Money? Wow. Black magazine. pic.twitter.com/RTgSUAtFhj
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 20, 2016
Hey @REALStaceyDash! That was a pretty smooth cover shoot for the Black men's magazine Smooth! #OscarsSoWhite pic.twitter.com/OIAnRA1bz5
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 20, 2016
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