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Raven-Symoné continues to stand by her statement of wanting to be called ‘American’ rather than ‘African-American.’
The actress and current Scrabble host was a guest on the latest episode of The Unplanned Podcast with her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday. Midway through the conversation, around the 42-minute mark, the former That’s So Raven star recalled being attacked about her opinion of not wanting to be “labeled” African-American. During a 2014 sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, Raven-Symoné controversially asserted that she’s an American. She would later try to explain herself in a 2016 episode of The View.
“I take ownership in it as well because I don’t identify as African-American. I didn’t over-explain it for people to then fully understand. Because I have a problem of ‘I said what I said. Figure it out,” Raven-Symoné explained.
“Because I think it’s so obvious, but there has been a resurgence of that clip and a lot of people in the white community [were] like, ‘We understand,’ and the Black community is also starting to understand,” she continued. “Because I didn’t say it right the first time… I mean, I said what I said and I meant it, but I didn’t explain it the correct way.”
Raven-Symoné then told podcast host Matt Howard that he “explained” it perfectly and that although he’s Irish, he doesn’t have to check “Irish-American” on a “piece of paper.”
Adding that “we categorize ourselves here,” Raven-Symoné expressed that when she travels overseas that she’s considered an American.
“Even if you are from another country and you’re first-generation or immediately here you still just get to check caucasian [or] white. It’s interesting when my ancestors’ blood is in this soil,” she added.
On how she reacted to the backlash ten years ago, Raven-Symoné said that she’s learned to “disassociate” and also tried to take a 23AndMe test before getting “raked across the coals again.”
“Then I just realized I’m going to keep my thoughts to myself. I’ve been doing that for so long before I got into that chair with Oprah, that me trying to explain who I was and my thoughts on life didn’t really go over so well.”
Raven-Symoné also explained that she gave her opinion “too early” before others were on the same “wavelength,” and shared that her family members thought she didn’t “properly” break down what she originally meant.
“I said, ‘I’m Black and I’m an American and I have African descent in me. And if you test my blood, I also have American Indian. I also have a lot of other things, and for me to be placed in one box and just call me that for the ease of others, I think, is unfair. And they were like, ‘Why didn’t you say that?’ I said, ‘Because I was nervous!'”
The former child star reflected on her 2014 comment earlier this year on podcast Tea Time with Raven–Symoné & Miranda.
“When I say that African-American does not align with me, that label, it doesn’t mean that I’m negating my Blackness or I’m not Black,” she told her wife. “It means I am from this country; I was born here. My mom, my dad, my great-great-great-great-great… And that’s what I’m saying. The pure logistics of it.”
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Raven-Symoné continues to stand by her statement of wanting to be called ‘American’ rather than ‘African-American.’
The actress and current Scrabble host was a guest on the latest episode of The Unplanned Podcast with her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday. Midway through the conversation, around the 42-minute mark, the former That’s So Raven star recalled being attacked about her opinion of not wanting to be “labeled” African-American. During a 2014 sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, Raven-Symoné controversially asserted that she’s an American. She would later try to explain herself in a 2016 episode of The View.
“I take ownership in it as well because I don’t identify as African-American. I didn’t over-explain it for people to then fully understand. Because I have a problem of ‘I said what I said. Figure it out,” Raven-Symoné explained.
“Because I think it’s so obvious, but there has been a resurgence of that clip and a lot of people in the white community [were] like, ‘We understand,’ and the Black community is also starting to understand,” she continued. “Because I didn’t say it right the first time… I mean, I said what I said and I meant it, but I didn’t explain it the correct way.”
Raven-Symoné then told podcast host Matt Howard that he “explained” it perfectly and that although he’s Irish, he doesn’t have to check “Irish-American” on a “piece of paper.”
Adding that “we categorize ourselves here,” Raven-Symoné expressed that when she travels overseas that she’s considered an American.
“Even if you are from another country and you’re first-generation or immediately here you still just get to check caucasian [or] white. It’s interesting when my ancestors’ blood is in this soil,” she added.
On how she reacted to the backlash ten years ago, Raven-Symoné said that she’s learned to “disassociate” and also tried to take a 23AndMe test before getting “raked across the coals again.”
“Then I just realized I’m going to keep my thoughts to myself. I’ve been doing that for so long before I got into that chair with Oprah, that me trying to explain who I was and my thoughts on life didn’t really go over so well.”
Raven-Symoné also explained that she gave her opinion “too early” before others were on the same “wavelength,” and shared that her family members thought she didn’t “properly” break down what she originally meant.
“I said, ‘I’m Black and I’m an American and I have African descent in me. And if you test my blood, I also have American Indian. I also have a lot of other things, and for me to be placed in one box and just call me that for the ease of others, I think, is unfair. And they were like, ‘Why didn’t you say that?’ I said, ‘Because I was nervous!'”
The former child star reflected on her 2014 comment earlier this year on podcast Tea Time with Raven–Symoné & Miranda.
“When I say that African-American does not align with me, that label, it doesn’t mean that I’m negating my Blackness or I’m not Black,” she told her wife. “It means I am from this country; I was born here. My mom, my dad, my great-great-great-great-great… And that’s what I’m saying. The pure logistics of it.”
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