Raven-Symoné rejects African American label on 'Oprah,' sets Twitter 'on fire'

What exactly is "blackness?" It's a silly term. Black people are not monolithic.

— Demetrius Minor (@dminor85) October 7, 2014

Lol @Oprah 's reaction to Raven's label comment. "…Set Twitter on fire." That it did.

— sedonia (@onesedonia) October 7, 2014

Raven: "I'm an American. I'm not an African-American; I'm an American."Oprah: "Don't set up the Twitter on fire… Oh, my lord."

— Jive Owen (@TwanTargaryen) October 6, 2014

Oprah said, “You gon’ set twitter on fire.” That’s basically “YOU IN DANGER GIRL” LMAOOOOOOO

— Erika Nicole Kendall (@bgg2wl) October 6, 2014

Raven Symone is acting VERY lightskin this week.

— Allez vous faire (@toky0_martian) October 7, 2014

Can we agree that Raven-Symone should be labelled confused as fuck?

— Alvin Blancowitz (@Aqua174) October 6, 2014

I was rooting for you Raven Symone. We all were. And you messed it up.

— Romel (@The_TeenAge_FBI) October 7, 2014

Don't flatter yourself #RavenSymone, you are AFRICAN AMERICAN and you ought to be proud of your heritage. Don't get it mixed up! #YBenzO

— Yemi Oyewole (@YBenzO) October 7, 2014

Raven Symone bout stupid as fuck ? she sounded so retarded in her interview.

— princesa charmingॐ (@picklelaflare) October 6, 2014

Raven Symone disappointed me. Fuck this "New Black" wack ass ideology. Kissing the white man's ass isn't gonna protect you from oppression

— Hoheo Taralna (@RondehoTehal) October 6, 2014

Bro Raven Symone is tripping the fuck out. Girl you was on the Cosby show your as African-American as it gets label my ass

— Denny The Dude (@FAMOUSDenny) October 7, 2014

#RavenSymone claiming to be colorless won't gain you white privilege. I swear even if you don't see black skin… White ppl will.

— Nobody P. (@Prince_ESQ) October 6, 2014

Raven Symone's personal views are a result of white privilege and she don't even know it. But we should let her be happy in her ignorance.

— Mama Pope (@x_JessNOSimpson) October 6, 2014

Raven Symone? Simone? Whatever the fuck. She don't have to be black now. Oh, but she'll be back. She'll get her nigger wake up call.

— Malcolm Y (@yiggityyoung) October 6, 2014

Raven is gonna wind up in a situation where the privilege will be superseded by what people see her as. That 'New Black' gets folk effed up.

— Christopher Smith (@infinitewords14) October 6, 2014

raven symone stacey dash'd the fuck outta herself in a single interview. what a goddamn tragedy

— zahara jolie-pitt (@zaretzky_) October 6, 2014

Seems like Oprah is the go to person when a black celebrity wants to distance themselves from blackness. Fuck you Raven Symone.

— Omar Sankofa (@OmarSankofa1) October 6, 2014

@Oprah You are a hypocrite. You told Raven Symone she was going to get a lot of flack. YOU were the first to immediately giver her flack.

— For My Sake (@For_My_Sake_4) October 7, 2014