![]() ![]() That’s why I fight for women and people in the inner cities today. “But part of me felt like I deserved it because what I was coming from was no better. “He would punch me in my body, my legs, my chest, anything that could be covered,” says Dash. For exclusive photos and much more from Stacey Dash, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on stands Fridayīy her early 20s, Dash was still doing drugs and fell into a dangerous relationship with a man who physically abused her.“I just hope people understand that I’m not judging I’m coming from experience.” “When I say there should not be a BET channel or a Black History Month, I’m saying we deserve more,” says Dash. This is what perpetuates the cycle of violence in inner cities. When you have no self-worth, you become depressed, addicted and either abused or an abuser. ![]() Says the actress: “When you get stuff for free, you have no self-worth. Growing up in a culture of drugs and violence instilled in Dash many of her views on social welfare programs today. The voice in my head was saying, ‘There’s nothing here for you.’” “It got to a point where I didn’t even want to live anymore. At sixteen, she was offered a line of cocaine, and quickly fell into an all-consuming addiction. “That’s when I scream and cry until I feel like I can breathe again.”ĭash was just four years old, living in South Bronx, New York, when she was molested for the first time by a 16-year-old family acquaintance. “Sometimes my past is extraordinarily heavy,” Dash, 49, tells PEOPLE exclusively. These days, Stacey Dash is known for stirring up controversy when it comes to her conservative political views.īut now, the former Clueless star and Fox News pundit is opening up about her excruciating personal pain for the first time, in her book There Goes My Social Life. ![]()
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