Twitter Went In on Wendy Williams for Asking About Historically White Colleges

Wendy Williams asked about historically white colleges, and black twitter went in.

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Not long after Stacey Dash received a verbal checking via Black Twitter for her comments on Jesse Williams’ powerful BET Awards speech, another public figure has users on the social media platform asking, "Is she for real?"

While talking about the petition to get Williams fired from Grey’s Anatomy following his speech heard around the world, Wendy Williams tried to see both sides of the argument while overlooking some blaring historical facts. After noting that his speech "was very poignant on one hand," she then went on to say, "I would be really offended if there was a school that was known as a historically white college. We have historically black colleges."

As user Nia CC points out,  it's time to get offended.

Dear Wendy Williams pic.twitter.com/TfxAVYkCtg

 Others were quick to reminde her which network her show airs on.

Wendy Williams is hating on HBCUs and the NAACP, yet her show is on BET 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/tRyn6AmoAN
So Wendy Williams on "BET" bashing HBCU'S huh??? On BET ya'll... pic.twitter.com/8mWcOu7ulG

Black Twitter was not having it. At all. 

The HBCU community looking at Wendy Williams right now like... #WendyWilliams #HBCUsMatter pic.twitter.com/LKE84d87Tk
PSA:

Wendy Williams and Stacey Dash are no longer invited to the cookouts...no they cannot bring a dish to try and get in either 🙄
When Wendy Williams show gets cancelled pic.twitter.com/qS1NOVFc9o
Wendy Williams and Stacy Dash the same person, I'm convinced.
Has anyone ever said, "Man, I learned so much from Wendy Williams today"? Anyone?

Williams, however, did hit the breaks before going full Stacey Dash by adding, "Racism sucks and we can all do better in our own household… educating ourselves... teaching our children to make it better." But then she followed it up with, "National speeches like this will always rub people the wrong way just like white people might be offended because Spelman College is a historically black college for women."

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