*Talk show host Wendy Williams attempted to walk back some of her statements on Wednesday regarding the necessity of historically black colleges and universities, proclaiming to critics that she is “not Stacey Dash.”
Here’s part of the original remarks that got her dragged:
Wendy Williams. A sell out. She is saying all this in hopes that her audience would clap but they ain’t having it pic.twitter.com/c5IzUULQTp
— ️ (@blahnco) July 6, 2016
And here’s a sampling of the backlash that ensued:
@WendyWilliams Diminishing validity of #HistoricallyBlackColleges ? Important/safe spaces honoring educational experience of POC? C’monWendy
— Desi K. Robinson (@DesiKWIMRadio) July 6, 2016
@WendyWilliams please understand the history of why these historically black institutions were created before you are critical of them
— Jay Kentrell (@THEE_Kentrell) July 6, 2016
On Thursday, Williams attempted to clarify her original comments, saying she has family members who are HBCU grads, then, doubling down on her insinuation that a historically black college is as racist as the idea of a “historically white college.”
“On yesterday’s show a lot of you all misinterpreted some of the things I was saying regarding black schools being black,” she said. “I will clarify again…be very clear I find nothing wrong with historically black colleges.
“My father graduated from Lincoln, which is a black college. My brother graduated from Virginia State. But my thought in my mind and what I said to you is how would I feel if I were applying to colleges that were historically white and that was part of the marquee of selling me to apply to the school.
“I understand historically black organizations, universities have been around because we as black people were not allowed to go to your schools, drink out of your fountains, ride in front of the bus, sit at your countertops. But in 2016, racism is alive and well, very much so. I’ve got a son. But I am a ‘we are the world’ we are the people kind of person,” she said. “In light of the two police shootings in Baton Rouge and Minnesota, this stuff is still going on in 2016. I don’t know when it’ll stop.”
Williams capped it off with: “For the record, no I am not a Stacey Dash. And for the record, I am a mighty proud black woman.”
Watch below:
Wendy Williams’ failed attempt to clarify her ignorant statement about #HBCUs. Blank stare. pic.twitter.com/JEyPKoJ724
— Attorneymom To Mogul (@PinkCottonMom) July 7, 2016
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