I wonder if Raven-Symone ever gets tired of putting her foot in her mouth….
In the most recent Raven-Symone drama, The View co-host revealed that she would never hire someone with a “ghetto name.” Her comment included the statement, “I’m not going to hire you if your name is Watermelon-Andrea.”
After being dragged on Twitter relentlessly all weekend and even her own father chiming in to say she says “some dumb shit” Raven has now issued a clarification of her statement a.k.a a half-assed apology…
Check out what she had to say below.
In a statement posted on her Facebook page Sunday night (October 10th) Raven said:
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.
Yet, another apology from Raven-Symone…Drop your thought in the comments below.
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