Raven-Symoné Faces Twitter Backlash

This week, Raven-Symoné, best known for her roles as Raven Baxter on “That’s So Raven” and Olivia Kendall on “The Cosby Show”, made controversial and discriminatory remarks about so-called "ghetto names." She says she would not hire someone named "Watermelondrea," making light of very real discrimination that exists in the USA:

Tre Melvin responded quickly with a commentary from his Watermelondrea persona:

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Twitter exploded in anger! Many people pointing out Raven's own name and appearance as being unconventional:

Raven's father took to Facebook to clarify that he does not agree with his daughter's comments and points out that she is responsible for her own actions:

Raven issued an apology yesterday, in an attempt to clear the air:

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