Uncle Ben
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Fox News commentator Stacey Dash dismissed the outrage over the lack of African-American Oscar nominees as "ludicrous."
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."
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/20/media/stacey-dash-fox-news-oscars-black-history-month/index.html
Damn right it's a double standard. As a black that attended a college that gave me black privilege with points and such based on Affirmative Action or quotas, I'd be embarrassed.
Donald Trump played down concerns about the lack of diversity among 2016 Academy Award nominees on Wednesday, suggesting that it is not that different from white actors getting shut-out of the BET Awards.
In a Fox News interview, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy asked the Republican presidential hopeful what he made of criticism from Spike Lee, Al Sharpton, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others regarding the Academy’s failure to nominate a single actor of color — for the second year in a row.
After insulting Sharpton, Trump called it a “tough situation.” Then he pointed out that he’d seen an earlier interview in which someone said, “What do we do with BET, Black Entertainment? Right? So, there the whites don’t get any nominations.” Trump said he thought that was an “amazing interview actually” and that he’d “never even thought of it from that standpoint.”
Dat's right....tough shit!
Uncle Ben
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."
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/20/media/stacey-dash-fox-news-oscars-black-history-month/index.html
Damn right it's a double standard. As a black that attended a college that gave me black privilege with points and such based on Affirmative Action or quotas, I'd be embarrassed.
Donald Trump played down concerns about the lack of diversity among 2016 Academy Award nominees on Wednesday, suggesting that it is not that different from white actors getting shut-out of the BET Awards.
In a Fox News interview, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy asked the Republican presidential hopeful what he made of criticism from Spike Lee, Al Sharpton, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others regarding the Academy’s failure to nominate a single actor of color — for the second year in a row.
After insulting Sharpton, Trump called it a “tough situation.” Then he pointed out that he’d seen an earlier interview in which someone said, “What do we do with BET, Black Entertainment? Right? So, there the whites don’t get any nominations.” Trump said he thought that was an “amazing interview actually” and that he’d “never even thought of it from that standpoint.”
Dat's right....tough shit!
Uncle Ben
