"Over 35 years ago BET was created to accord African Americans and lovers of atramentous ability a abode in the television mural area they could consistently see themselves represented and celebrated," BET Networks Chairman and CEO Debra Lee said in a account issued Wednesday.
"African American contributions to American ability are endless and we cannot and should not delay for anyone to accede them -- we accept to do it ourselves and we are appreciative that we can do our part," the account continued, pointing to shows such as the BET Awards, BET Honors and Atramentous Girls Rock as examples of means the arrangement has accustomed atramentous artists.
Dash fabricated her arguable comments on Wednesday's "Fox & Friends" while acclamation the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, adage BET Networks and Atramentous History Ages were adverse to the affiliation of African Americans into society.
"We accept to accomplish up our minds. Either we wish to accept allegory or integration, and if we don't wish segregation, again we accept to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, area you're alone awarded if you're black," she said.
"If it were the added way around, we'd be up in arms," Dash continued. "It's a bifold standard. There shouldn't be a atramentous history month. We're Americans, period."
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