Raven-Symoné once again came under fire for comments she said on the day-time talk show "The View." The former Disney star admitted on Friday's episode to being "discriminatory" over people with "Africanized" names.
Symoné's comments came during a discussion called "Are You Judged By Your Name" in which the co-hosts discussed a recent study that said Americans make racist assumptions based on names, according to TheWrap.
"Can we take back 'racist' and say 'discriminatory'?" she asked the talk show's panel. "Because I think that's a better word. That's a better word. And I am very discriminatory against words like the ones that they were saying in those names. I'm not about to hire you if your name is 'Watermelondrea.'"
"It's just not gonna happen. I'm not gonna hire you," she added.
"But that's not their fault," co-host Michelle Collins said to Symoné as the camera panned over to a horrified-looking Whoopi Goldberg, who put her hands on her chest.
Twitter was not too kind to the former "Cosby Show" star. Check out some of the Tweets about Symoné's comments below.
Whoopi sitting there staring like, "So you wouldn't hire me? Raven-Symoné you're going to get both of us fired!" pic.twitter.com/jjNF21KKq4
— Proverbs 27:17 (@MarcusJOwens) October 9, 2015
Raven Symone didn't learn anything from this episode of that's so Raven. SMH pic.twitter.com/cr0cGFJmw0 — Ghetto Sounding Name (@Keemito) October 9, 2015
That awkward moment when Raven Symone says she won't hire you because of your name, yet she's sitting there like pic.twitter.com/EMkYO6lseP
— Not Will Ferrell (@itsWillyFerrell) October 9, 2015
Raven seems to see no irony in supporting discrimination against non-traditional names while having a non traditional name AND appearance. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) October 9, 2015
