South Carolina politician Nikki Haley attacked American TV presenter Sunny Hostin for being “racist” about this person’s name. The View host made some controversial remarks about Haley on the September 20 episode. This happened during a discussion about the likely presidential candidates for the election year. 2024 against incumbent US President Joe Biden. After Hostin called her a “chameleon,” Alyssa Farah Griffin suggested Nikki Haley as a potential running mate, saying she was an “incredibly efficient governor of South Carolina.”
Hostin continued to taunt Haley, asking for her real name. The presenter, whose real name is Asunción Cummings, appeared to imply that the former UN ambassador hid his true identity to gain support from Republicans. After Griffin said that many individuals in the United States did not use their real names or were given names at birth, Hostin responded:
“I believe this would have been different had she leaned toward being of color.” Some of us can be chameleons, refusing to accept our ethnicity so we can get through so we don’t have to—”
Soon after Sunny Hostin’s words went viral, Nikki Haley took to Twitter to condemn her and call her a “racist”. Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley full name is Nikki Haley. She was born in South Carolina on January 20, 1972 to Punjabi Sikh parents Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa. In 1996, Nikki married Michael Haley.
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Sunny Hostin was born Asunción Cummings on October 20, 1968. She is the daughter of African-American William Cummings and Puerto Rican Roza Beza. Hostin is in New York attending the Dominican Academy, an academy for girls. She then attended Binghamton University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communications. Sunny Hostin changed her name at the suggestion of former Court TV host Nancy Grace, USA Today writes. Grace can’t seem to pronounce Hostin’s name and says no one will remember her. This prompted Hostin to change her name, which she regrets because it doesn’t reflect her Latin roots.
She stated:
“I wish I could go back in time and change my mind.” If I hadn’t changed it, people might have mistakenly identified me as Afro Latino. It’s an important part of who I am. My family doesn’t like the nickname Sunny. My grandmother was especially angry.”
During a recent appearance on The View, Sunny’s co-host Sara Haines said she also didn’t use her real name after Nikki Haley was reprimanded for doing the same thing.
She justified herself by saying:
“Due to inadequate education in our country, most Americans cannot pronounce Asunción.” But, as Alyssa pointed out, individuals are attracted to different names for different reasons.”
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Sunny Hostin has yet to respond to Nikki Haley’s tweet.
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