POOR LOST STACEY DASH
I posted Stacey Dash's comment earlier without a filter. I did it on purpose. I wanted to see how many people I knew agreed with her. I saw it earlier was amazed by the people who agreed with her preposterous statements. I like Stacey and always have, but I totally disagree with her deleterious comments. I think that Stacey should use her influence and experience to inform correctly. She has experience in the entertainment business, and she could have adequately informed all the misinformed social neophytes about the lack of diversity in film. She is an actress and these issues are things she knows and what she can speak to with some degree of certainty. Her comments about segregations are ludicrous and on some levels pernicious. Her words mitigate and validate ignorant social beliefs and stereotypes that help to keep our culture at the feet of racist maligners and misanthropes. She needs to crack open a history book and realize that social segregation did not start with African Americans. It is an institution pushed upon us through the bias of racist White American culture. The facts are that segregation is an institutionalized wrong that was designed to keep impoverished and low-income blacks permanently on the bottom floor of achievement. The institution of segregation ensured that blacks had little to no access to American opportunities and advancements. The lower levels of achievement and opportunity reinforced the depreciation of the African American as a viable citizen. Segregation was not just a social separation. It was also enforced by law. The Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson (163 U.S. 537, 1896), was a validation of segregation in this country. The Supreme Court passed this ruling in an attempt to limit black advancement without violating the 14th amendment of the Constitution. What was the impact? White American's in the North, and South used the ruling by the courts to enact discriminatory housing policies, enforce reduced wages, and restrict the migration of blacks to certain metropolitan areas. The restriction forced blacks to settle in low rent areas that were uniquely established for blacks. The result was the rise of the Urban Ghetto. Segregation and limitation effected the black families views on religion, politics and education. It was a trap system the produced poor income and increased crime. Black youth were oppressed and restricted to their area of the city by police officers. These actions resulted in black youth developing an apprehension for the law enforcement system. They saw police as the enemy and took on a survival mentality that eventually pitted them against their families and neighbors. We know this phenomenon today as Urban Crime! Conversely, some forms of segregation still exist in this country and are completely ignored. Even with the laws changing after the 60's Civil rights movement Americans still deliberately enforced segregation through community realtors, school zoning, and economics. The force and movement of past segregation have not fully diminished in the United States.
When I listened to Stacey's comments, I pondered how she could equate these "proven" social ills to the Academy Awards Boycott, or Black History Month. If given the chance I would ask Stacey how she can call this segregation. There is no definable restriction of White Americans in celebrating Black History Month. There is no unequal treatment by the government or law in celebrating African American achievements in our American culture. When you look at it in truth: We all gain from the sharing of our cultures. We are not restricted to a particular social or communal group. The only limitations we have are those we place on ourselves. If you see Fredrick Douglass as an American historical figure, we all gain. This understanding requires knowledge, and that is gained through the sharing of cultural history. America had only taught African American History for the last 40 years. This fact alone justifies the need for a month dedicated to the sharing of our history. We should all see it as AMERICAN HISTORY! I do not see the problem with this mentality or the restriction of human rights because of it use. In closing, I think Stacey is lost. Like a lot of Americans, she cannot see that the celebration of differences is not a separation. She cannot see that the limitation of black achievement by the Academy is almost textbook segregation. She wants to see it as a fault of black culture and not as a reaction to the bias and limitation that is present in the business. No one is calling for segregation. No rational black man or woman in the history of these United States has ever said, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." I think Stacey and all those that support her would have a different view if they got an understanding of the ills of segregation and the history behind it. I look forward to your comments.
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