Raven Symone Pens Open Letter In Response To “Internet Bulling” Over Her Personal Opinions
Raven Symone has received a lot of backlash from fans and trolls since her shocking comments about race and being labeled during an interview with Oprah for her "Oprah Where Are They Now?" show.
In the interview, the actress told Oprah she ddn’t want to be labeled as gay, but simply as a person who loves humans. She also said she was tired of being labeled as an African-American. She stated she’s an American... NOT an African-American.
Her comments sparked a lot of negative criticism from fans and Twitter trolls. In an attempt to clarify whe she meant, the Academy of Art University student issued a statement which read,
“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.”
Seems her clarification fell on death ears, which resulted to trolls bullying the actress online. In an open letter posted to her Facebook account, Raven addresses the disrespectful and hurtful things spewed at her behind her personal views on life. She wrote,
I don't take offense to those that are mad at my personal opinion of myself. Like before, I'm glad there are conversations happening. Our generation tends to stay comfortable ,at times, with issues and topics that need to be addressed.
QUESTION: If we are taught not to repeat history by learning it. Why do we continue to repeat? We must not be learning it correctly.
What does irritate me is the bulling tone towards myself and other opinions in the blog. Keep your disrespectful, mean, hurtful, words in a diary for yourself. Personal attacking is not needed, and no matter what race, nationality, culture, or womb you came out of; strive for respect. Strive to be virtuous, so the conversation can lead to great things, other things.
Our ancestors of all races had the courage to stand up for what they believed in no matter what the fight. Back then I hope the motto wasn't..."the more haters the better"
We have reached a standstill in our progression as Humans. Let's have a floor of RESPECT, KINDNESS, OPENMINDED-nESS. Showing your disagreement with my personal comments by using language you were not allowed to use as a child is just.
My momma reads this, and so do others. #bully Do you think maybe Raven’s words were just misunderstood?
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