Whoopi"s Clapback to Stacey Dash: Why We Need Black History Month & BET [WATCH]

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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 15: Host Whoopi Goldberg attends Chicken Coupe hosted by Whoopi Goldberg during Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by FOOD & WINE at The Loeb Boathouse on October 15, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for NYCWFF) (Photo : Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

In case you"ve been living under a rock, there"s been a lot of talk about the 2016 Academy Awardsand the lack of diversity among this year"s acting nominees.

Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee have both said they"ll boycott the Oscars this year.But actress and Fox News contributorStacey Dash,best known for her role in 1995"s Clueless,has different ideas about diversity, including doing away withBlack History Monthand black-focused television networks like BET.

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"It"s ludicrous," Dash said Wednesday on Fox & Friends nduring a discussion about the Oscars controversy, according toUS Magazine."If we don"t want segregation, then we have to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the [NAACP] Image Awards, where you"re only awarded if you"re black." She said Americans need to get rid of Black History Month so people can celebrate being American instead of a category.

Whoopi Goldberg,who has been talking about the Oscars on The View this week, and co-host Paula Faris responded to Dash"s comments Thursday and stressed the importance of Black History Month, according toEUR.

"It"s not taught, as it pertains to America," Goldberg said. "American history holds all of us, but we"re not all treated like Americans. One of the reasons there is a BET is because networks wouldn"t take a lot of the shows that have an all-black cast."

"White history month is every other month, so Black History Month is there to spotlight the history," co-host Joy Behar said.

Instagram, Twitter and Facebook blew up following Dash"s comments; even BET chimed in via Instagram Memes.

The network"s accountreposted this meme

and this one:

Dash has not responded to the backlash.

Source: http://www.musictimes.com/articles/62733/20160121/whoopis-clapback-stacey-dash-why-need-black-history-month-bet.htm