Raven Symone: ‘The View’ Host Under Fire For Comments Against ‘Ghetto’ Names

Raven Symone: ‘The View’ Host Under Fire For Comments Against ‘Ghetto’ Names, Raven Symone, one of the hosts of The View, is beneath blaze afterwards her comments adjoin “ghetto” names she fabricated during Friday’s episode.

When the co-hosts started discussing the prompt, “Are You Judged By Your Name?” afterwards examination a blow about the “Top 60 Ghetto Atramentous Names,” the above Disney brilliant of That’s So Raven said she “would not appoint anyone based alone on their name, a arguable animadversion that set Twitter on fire,” MStars News reports. The console approved to acumen with Raven, who just kept absurdly bedlam at the accomplished conversation.

“Can we yield aback ‘racist’ and use the chat ‘discriminatory,’ because I anticipate that’s a abundant bigger word… I’m actual abominable adjoin the words like the ones they were adage in those names,” Symone responded if one of her co-hosts said her comments could be advised racist. “I’m not traveling to appoint you if your name is Watermelon-Andrea. It’s just not traveling to happen. I’m just not traveling to appoint you.”

“The accomplished apple is aggravating to breach us afar and you wish to abatement the amount of some added atramentous being because she, TOO, has a atramentous name, Raven abutment alternating spelling of ‘Simone’?” EBONY annual chief biographer Jamilah Lemieux said, answer that Raven was overlooking her own “black” name. Jamilah aswell added that Raven has “got the nerve.”

One of the abounding arguments to arise on Twitter was Raven’s 2005 adventure of That’s So Raven alleged “True Colors.” Symone’s character, Raven, and her friend, Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol), administer for the aforementioned job. Raven does actual able-bodied in the interview, while Chelsea absolutely bombs it. Surprisingly, Chelsea gets the job, even with her abhorrent account skills. Raven bound realizes that she has been discriminated adjoin and works to betrayal the abundance administrator for her racist attitude and discrimination.

Not alone was amusing media in a aberration over Raven’s comments, her own ancestor wrote an accessible letter on his Facebook page, acceptance that his babe “says some impaired s***.” He said he had been accepting catechism afterwards catechism about Raven’s altercation on The View, and he absitively to explain his thoughts on his daughter’s adamant nature. While he fabricated it bright that he does not accede with what she said, calling it an “inexcusable gaffe,” he explained that she is a developed woman, and he hasn’t managed her career in over 10 years.
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