Gabrielle Union Handles #WhoIsStaceyDash And Awards Diversity Perfectly

By Emily Cutler | Social Media | January 27, 2016 |

By Emily Cutler | Social Media | January 27, 2016 |

Goddamnit, you guys. Why didn’t I know that Gabrielle Union is awesome? I mean, I’m aware that she was awesome in the seminal 2000 film Bring It On (I am not ashamed), but I was not aware that she’d continued being awesome. When asked last night at the Sundance Premiere of Birth of a Nation what Union thought of certified hypocrite Stacey Dash, she had the perfect answer.

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It’s a pretty fair answer. Stacey Dash might have done some acting work, but she’s now trying to make herself known for being a crazy person. Twitter didn’t let it go unnoticed.

Learning about the #WhoIsStaceyDash hashtag. TY Gabrielle Union. pic.twitter.com/3ZCP7f45yp

— T.J. Raphael (@TJRaphael) January 27, 2016

#whoisStaceyDash Yaass @itsgabrielleu pic.twitter.com/qz7mf5tJsI

— Starlynn (@SavvyStarMUA) January 27, 2016

(And nice tie in to Twitter’s other new favorite hastag.)

Trading Places with #WhoIsStaceyDash instead of Eddie Murphy #MakeAMovieWhiter pic.twitter.com/BW453ZOOmu

— ██████████ (@ifyouwant2live) January 27, 2016

#WhoIsStaceyDash is she lady that makes those seasonings?

— comin up trillhouse (@2Fat2Furiosa) January 27, 2016

Who ordered the paper cut with a salt rim and lemon wedge? #WhoisStaceyDash https://t.co/L7hj75E8Py

— I tell you what… (@HollyLynnea) January 27, 2016

But for real:

#whoisStaceyDash A woman that used Black spaces to advance her career and now sh*ts on them for #foxnews pic.twitter.com/fxXFPFisI6

— Ricky Riley (@epicarthouse) January 27, 2016

#whoisstaceydash a woman who wants to forget that she was in Gang of Roses (2003) pic.twitter.com/a22RqPmT86

— Ricky Riley (@epicarthouse) January 27, 2016

And while I love a good schadenfreude story every once in a while, it’s what Union says about awards shows that I really love.

“If you don’t see yourself in mainstream awards, you tend to create your own.”

Whether unintentionally or by design, the Oscars are a de facto “white” award. If Dash really does want to get rid of the NAACP Image Awards, The BET Awards or the ALMA Awards, she should focus on making the Oscars look a little more like them.