Raven Symoné: I Never Said I Wasn’t Black!
nice, interesting grade of hair. I connect with Caucasian. I connect with Asian. I connect with Black. I connect with Indian. I connect with each culture.
Raven also goes on to share that she is in a relationship with another woman, while she doesn’t refer to herself as gay:
I don’t want to be labeled gay.
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So what’s all the full about? Some find her comments particularly about race offensive. Raven has released a statement to The Grio, stating that she does consider herself black:
I never said I wasn’t black … I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected my personal beliefs and comments to spark such emotion in people. I think it is only positive when we can openly discuss race and being labeled in America.
What are your thoughts on her comments and clarification?
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I get where she is coming from.
Chile, I guess honey.
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I get what she’s saying. I personally do not like the term African-American. I was born in America as was my mother, her mother and her mother and same on my dad’s side. Beyond that, I can’t trace too many roots, so it doesn’t matter. Black yes, but that’s race. American is not a race.
wait…black is a race? At the end of the day we are traced back to Africa. Just because some of us have had our history erased doesn’t make that less so. Call yourself what you want. My qualms are as follows-her arguments for wanting to be called so were garbage! “i have a good grade of hair” and something to the affect of getting along with white people?!? Thats where she lost me. And then white people jump on the bandwagon. “yes,thats what I’ve been saying Raven! Why do your people separate themselves.Thats why they’re discriminated against…”
If she’s going to use her platform, use it for something more than telling why you aren’t African American. What is that doing for the people?not a (bleep) thang!
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