3 People We Want to Leave in 2015: Raven Symone, Don Lemon, & Stacey Dash. #ByeFelicia

By Ariel Celeste Johnson (ariel.johnson@mstarsnews.com) | Dec 31, 2015 11:20 AM EST

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The New Year is here and it's time to start thinking of New Year's Resolutions like leaving old, useless baggage behind. Start off in that direction with a list of the top 3 people who should have several seats firmly planted in 2015.  Permanently say "Bye Felicia" to Raven Symone, Don Lemon and Stacey Dash in 2016.

Raven Symone, the sweet little girl from The Cosby Show used to capture our hearts with her sassy personality and overwhelming cuteness. Now, that she's an adult, she has this reporter constantly reaching for the Excedrin with her outlandish comments on The View. In 2015, Raven Symone had too many controversial statements to count, and she's number 1 on the chopping block.

Raven has caused quite the shock with her comments on Oprah about not having a racial identity. This sent the black Twitter community into an uproar and led to a series of criticism and threats to revoke her "black card." To make matters worse with those who disagree with her, she tried to correct her non-race declaration on E! by saying that she is from every "continent" in Africa. Deep, dramatic sigh.

If that verbal gaffe wasn't enough, Raven made headlines again by slamming Africanized names. She confessed on The View that she would discriminate against job applicants who had "ghetto" names by not hiring them. Even Raven's father, Christopher Pearman admitted that sometimes his daughter "says some dumb S#%T!" on his Facebook page.

The list goes on and on, but we know you catch our drift.

The next have several seats in 2015 honoree from this reporter is none other than CNN correspondent Don Lemon. This long time fire-starter has been slammed time and time again for his controversial statements on air. The excommunication of Lemon by those with sensitive natures began when he hosted the "Does This Offend You?" segment. He displayed a series of racialized prompt cards on TV, including a poster that read the full version of the N Word, to which African American viewers erupted.

There have been major petitions to have Don Lemon fired from CNN signed and supported by over 30,000 people. As previously reported by MStars, Don Lemon has made it difficult for almost all African American reporters to be accepted by the black online community.

In recent news, Don Lemon mentioned in an interview with AdWeek that he is thinking of breaking away from traditional news and starting his own show where he can say whatever he wants, including dropping F-Bombs.

Finally, we have the Clueless actress, Stacey Dash, who has done the bulk of her damage as a talking head on Fox News. The actress turned political pundit has a running list of offensive comments  in what may be her efforts to get shock value and drive ratings.

This year, Dash managed to put her foot in her mouth and spark backlash with her commentary on several issues. As MSNBC summarized, Stacey criticized women who stand against wage disparities, attacked Oprah for comparing Trayvon Martin to Emmett Till, encouraged rape culture by inferring victims bring rape upon themselves by wearing sultry clothing and so on.

Dash makes it known that she is not a supporter of President Obama (as is of course her personal right). However, she believes that any African Americans who support Obama are simply trying to get free money. In the most recent news, she took her animosity for the POTUS too far and was suspended from FOX news. During a live broadcast on FOX, Dash exclaimed that President Obama "could give a sh*t" about the fight against terrorism.

Perhaps Dash and Lemon should team together on his new show to drop f-bombs and s-bombs like it's hot.

#ByeFelicia

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