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11/04/2024 01:30:00 pm

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Stacey Dash: “Patricia Arquette Needs to Do Her History”

After 20 years since Stacey Dash starred in Clueless, she continues to prove that she is still as oblivious as ever when she said that she was "appalled" at Patricia Arquette's speech at the recently concluded Oscars and told the Oscar-winning star that she "needs to do her history." 

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The 48-year old actress spoke out about her issue with Patricia's Oscar acceptance speech, during which the "Boyhood" actress reminded everyone about the fight for equal rights women has long been participating in and said that it's time for women to have equal rights and wage equality in the United States of America. 

Last Monday, Stacey told "Fox & Friends" that she was "appalled" and could not believe what Patricia said in her much-applauded speech.

When she suggested that Patricia review her history, she even mentioned that the equal pay law was passed by President Kennedy in 1963 and that the law is still in effect. And went on to say that, "I didn't get the memo that I didn't have any rights."

However, it seems like Stacey is the one who is supposed to be studying history more, as she might have skipped the part where, after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay act, he explained that it is just the first step and said that there is so much more that need to be done for men and women to eventually achieve "full equality of economic opportunity."

President Barack Obama even said in his inaugural address that, "Our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts." 

In fact, if Stacey was to study now, she would have found out that in a recent study conducted by the National Partnership for Women and Families, women are paid 78 cents compared to every dollar paid to men, for the same work and duties.

Stacey might have been surprised that women deserve all the right to be paid the same amount men do for the same duties, but Patricia's speech was well-received by the audience and was met with a lot of encouragement and support, especially from fellow actress Meryl Streep. 

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