A Change.org petition has gone viral calling for ABC to remove Raven Symone from the View.
A Change.org petition titled “Petition to Remove Raven Symone from the View”, calls on Barbara Walters to replace the former Cosby Show child star from her position on the ABC talk show.
In three days since the petition went live, over 100,000 people have signed the petition.
The petition was started by Che Scott-Heron from the UK and the letter reads, “Raven Symone has been spouting her ignorant and self hating spiel on the view for Long enough, from stating that she wouldn’t hire somebody for having a ghetto name, to openly complaining about reverse racism, the final straw was her comment about the recent viral video of the school police officer assaulting the student, where Raven Symone said “get off your phone in school then”. African Americans and black people around the diaspora need a voice representative of their views and not a voice representative of what white people want us to say. We need strong black rolemodels in prominent positions on television an Raven Symone cannot provide that. That is why I ask that we petition to remove her from The View.”
With so many people upset with Raven Symone, an ABC spokesperson issued a statement responding to the critics. “We love Raven. She is confident, genuine and opinionated, all qualities that make her a great addition to the panel,” according to a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter.
The petition comes after Raven Symone’s recent controversial comments about the recent assault of a high school student by a South Carolina deputy:
“I used to be scared of my teachers, I was scared to go to the principal,” Raven-Symone continued. “And now, there’s so much ‘oomph’ or gusto in younger people — lack of respect — they feel like they can pop off at the mouth at an adult.”
As well the controversy she started for saying she would not hire people with “ghetto black names.”
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