‘The View’s’ Raven-Symone Says She’d Discriminate Against ‘Ghetto’ Names

“I’m not about to hire you if your name is Watermelondrea,” bizarrely coiffed talk show co-host says

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It’s difficult to say whether working for Raven-Symone would be a blessing or a curse, but rest assured: The former child star made it known on Thursday’s episode of “The View” that she will not hire somebody with an Africanized name.

The revelation came following a discussion of a recent study that found Americans make racist assumptions based on names.

The “View” panel then played a YouTube video of kids rattling off “ghetto black names,” includingย  “Fo’Landra” and “Elephantisha.”

“Just to bring it back, can we take back ‘racist’ and say ‘discriminatory,’ because I think that’s a better word.

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