Raven-Symoné, wife ignite backlash after ‘That’s So Raven’ debate

Raven-Symoné's comments about her character on the hit Disney Channel series "That's So Raven" are catching backlash.

On the actress' podcast "Tea Time" with wife Miranda Pearman-Maday, in a resurfaced April episode with guest Kalen Allen, the former child star questioned the fixation on her groundbreaking character's Blackness.

"I love my Blackness. But my Blackness can look so many different ways," Raven, 40, said on the episode. The comment prompted Allen to comment, "But you were also set up, 'cause Raven Baxter was so … Black."

"Was she Black?" the podcast host asked, to which Allen responded, "She felt Black as hell to me!"

Raven appeared to question the notion, asking, "Why did she feel Black to you?" the comedian replied, ""Because it was the first time that I had seen this Black family."

"So, you saw color. Take away the color, make them green. And hear the words. What color are they?" Raven said, with Pearman-Maday agreeing and pointing out some of the people who "wrote" the character were white.

"I think that's why that show and the good shows matter because it is universal," Raven said. "Thank God it was Black facing, so you see people of color…

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