Wendy Williams Boycott Called After Remarks About Historically Black Colleges Hits A Nerve

Is Wendy Williams taking tips from the Stacey Dash playbook? After some recent comments that Wendy made about historically black colleges and universities, the daytime talk show host has upset a lot of fans. After getting dragged on Twitter for what she said, Wendy came back to explain herself and clarify her comments on HBCUs, but that has not stopped many from boycotting Wendy Williams and her show.

“On the other hand, I would be really offended if there was a school that was known as a historically white college. We have historically black colleges. What if there was the National Organization for White People, only? There’s the NAACP.”

Viewers were enraged when Wendy questioned why institutions like the NAACP and HBCUs still exist during a recent episode of The Wendy Williams Show. Williams even went so far a to say that she would be offended if she were white. Is it really possible that Williams doesn’t understand the history behind the formation of the NAACP and the reason why HBCUs were formed?

Well, Roland Martin was quick to give the daytime talk show host a lesson much the way he schooled Snoop Dogg after his comments about why he thought a Roots remake was a bad idea. The Root reported on Martin’s response to Wendy Williams, and it was epic.

Martin explained the history behind the formation of the NAACP and the fact that white people have always been a part of it. He also spoke of the need for black colleges and universities and the federal designation given to them according to News One.

‘If You Actually Bothered To Read A Book…’ Roland Martin Schools @WendyWilliams On The NAACP, HBCUs. #NewsOneNowhttps://t.co/dCLV1bFvrF

— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) July 7, 2016

“If you actually bothered to read a book and not gossip magazines, you might know these things. Wendy, let me help you out. When you’re on TV and have no idea what you’re talking about, shut the hell up. Don’t open your mouth. Don’t embarrass yourself. Because you sound silly,” Roland Martin told Williams.

Many fans of the Wendy Williams Show started to roast Williams on Twitter after hearing her comments about HBCUs during the segment. It was only after they started calling for a Wendy Williams boycott that she responded and tried to explain the point she was trying to make.

Wendy Williams: I’d Be Offended If I Were White (via @lovebscott) https://t.co/WFWFJ3guLA

— TMZ (@TMZ) July 8, 2016

Apparently, Wendy Williams feels that she was misunderstood when she was questioning the need for HBCUs, the NAACP and other organizations put in place to help promote equality and awareness. After explaining that her father went to Lincoln, somehow affording her the right to critique, Wendy went on to talk about racism and what we can all do about it. What she never really addressed was her initial critique of HBCUs or even why she brought them up in the first place.

“The best I can say as a regular woman observing the world like we all are, is it starts in the four walls we call home. If we can teach our children better and educate ourselves more as adults to the multitude of racists around the world as well as religious groups, then we’d all be better as a society,” Wendy said. “For the record, no I am not a Stacey Dash and for the record, I am a very mighty, proud Black woman. Hopefully, you got what I said and will not screw up my words like you always do, and read me for filth on the worldwide web.”

[Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images]