Raven-Symoné On 2014 Backlash Against Her Saying She’s 'Not African American’: ‘There's A Difference Between Being Black And African’ - Blavity

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Raven-Symoné On 2014 Backlash Against Her Saying She’s 'Not African American’: ‘There's A Difference Between Being Black And African’ - Blavity

Raven-Symoné is addressing a controversial remark she made in 2014 that still haunts her, noting that when she said she wasn’t African American, she didn’t mean that she wasn’t Black.

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