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

In case you've been living under a rock, there's been a lot of talk about the 2016 Academy Awards and 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 contributor Stacey Dash, best known for her role in 1995's Clueless, has different ideas about diversity, including doing away with Black History Month and black-focused television networks like BET.

"It's ludicrous," Dash said Wednesday on Fox & Friends nduring a discussion about the Oscars controversy, according to US 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 to EUR.

"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 account reposted this meme

and this one:

Dash has not responded to the backlash.

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Whoopi Goldberg, Stacey Dash