In addition, women were less likely to have access to a home office, greatly impacting the work they were able to accomplish when working from home was the only option. In the UK, women are almost three times more likely to be balancing care and home commitments than men, and this was exacerbated during the pandemic as the additional barriers of school closures and lockdowns meant that the care time of dependents rose significantly on a day-to-day level for women. Yet, there are common challenges that women founders continue to come up against - not least the gender imbalance in the household and long-held biases which are still prevalent. Have you got something to say? Want to share your experiences with the world? Submit a post to Conversations for the chance to see your writing here. What are your thoughts about Stacey Dash's apology? Do you think it's genuine? While an apology is a significant step moving forward for many things in life, it might just be a little too late in the game now to recognize the gravity of her words and support for someone who is seemingly uncaring of the nation. Things that I did say, that I should not have said them the way I said them." If this isn't already problematic in itself, Dash came to Trump's defense about comments he made about "very fine people on both sides" when it came to that neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.įurthermore, Dash adamantly addressed in her apology that she is no longer that person that she was in 2016, adding, "There are things that I am sorry for. Hearing this as a fellow Black woman is a bit disturbing because of our history within the United States as a people. She also thought that the BET Awards and the NAACP Image Awards should come to an end as well. In 2015, she made claims that former President Barack Obama "didn't give a s***" about terrorism.įox ended up actually suspending her and then deciding not to renew her contract again the following year.ĭash also believed that Black History Month should come to an end because there wasn't a white History Month. In the years following, she has made numerous racist and misogynistic comments as a Fox contributor. Trump hints at running for president in 2024-and it's not entirely surprising In the early days of Trump's 2016 presidential run, she donated to his Great America PAC.
Many also think that she may be struggling to find her place in Hollywood again after associating with him from the beginning of his political career. What happened on January 6 was just appalling and stupid."ĭespite Dash attempting to right her wrongs in supporting Trump, you can count on the internet not to be here for the apology.
"Because senseless violence of any kind, I denounce. Additionally, upon watching Trump supporters aggressively stormed the Capitol in the hopes of overturning the presidential election of 2020 (which we all know President Biden won without fraud), Dash understood that that would be the end of her support for the former president.
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