Stacey Dash and Why She's Wrong

So Stacey Dash went on Fox News and said that she believes that we need to cancel BET and the BET Awards because they only showcase black actors and not white actors. She also went on to say that we shouldn't have a Black History month.

For those of you who do not know who this is, that's fine because she is basically irrelevant. Stacey Dash is an African American actress who was a star in the film Clueless and in spin off series with that name.

Here is the interview below. 

Here's what I think: Stacey Dash's internalized racism is showing. Internalized racism is loosely defined as the internalization by people of racist attitudes towards members of their own ethnic group, including themselves. This can include the belief in ethnic stereotypes relating to their own group. Stacey Dash believes that black people shouldn't have their own channel because it is unfair to white people. However, there are plenty of channels on television that showcase white talent without even a single smudge of diversity. Stacey Dash also believes that having a Black History month is a disadvantage to white people. But she must have forgotten that all students of every race must learn all about white people in this class called history. Stacey has this idea that Black people have too much screen time and need to cut back for the white people to shine. But white people always shine! The reason why BET was made was because there wasn't enough representation of minority actors so they made a channel for them. That is also why there is Univision for those of Hispanic and Latino descent, Centric for African American women, and KBS World for those of Korean descent.

In order for there to be segregation of white and black people in the entertainment industry, Black people would have to be over represented in film and media. However, they are not. 

For instance, #OscarsSoWhite was trending because it was the second time where all of the nominees where majority white actors. Even for Creed, Sylvester Stallone was nominated instead of the lead actor Micheal B. Jordan. This has more to do with just BET or #OscarsSoWhite but with Hollywood's problem with casting more people diversity.

Too many times in a movie script it will call for an actor of color and instead the character will be played by a white actor. Emma Stone played a Chinese/Hawaiian women in the movie Aloha. Ben Affleck played a Mexican American in the movie Argo. In the superhero film featuring Batman, white actor Liam Neeson plays Ra's al Ghul, who is traditionally depicted in Batman comics to be of Arab descent. 

If you want me to talk more on this, please let me know.
That's what I think.