Raven Symone’ Opens Up About “Ghetto Name” Discrimination

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Raven Symone’ found herself in HOT water after a recent show of The View that aired on Thursday. The ‘That So Raven‘ star publicly admitted that she would discriminate against a job applicant for having a “ghetto” name.

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In usual fashion, Twitter erupted with comments regarding her statement about ghetto name discrimination.

Don’t want an apology from @ravensymone at this point. Just want her to go away.

— Retired Drunk Texter (@ArchieWonder) October 12, 2015

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Raven-Symone is so stupid she thinks she’s smart

— Darth Kriss (@insanityreport) October 12, 2015

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Raven Symone has been taking L’s since she left Disney Channel

— Catfish King™ (@trevor_norris0) October 12, 2015

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Raven-Symone’ took to her Facebook to clarify her “Ghetto Name” comment.

“My comments about discrimination have spun out of control.

I’d like to begin by saying that I was not attacking a specific race, but repeating a name that was said in a viral video which has received over 2 million likes.

I have been denied many jobs because of my skin color, body size, and age. Each time I was rejected, my self esteem was negatively effected, so i empathize with those who feel victimized by what I said. We would hope that when it comes to hiring, our names, physical appearance, sexual orientation, and age would never outweigh our qualifications, but often times, they do, thats the truth and it sucks. But I should not be part of the problem, I should be part of the solution.

As an equal opportunity employer, I have never discriminated against a name….even though I said I would, it’s not true. My comment was in poor taste. My lack of empathy towards name discrimination was uncalled for. I would also like to say that on Friday my account was hacked, those are not my words.

People are sooooooo sensitive these days.