“Take away the color, make them green. And hear the words. What color are they?” Raven questioned, referencing her onscreen Disney family.

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Plus, what made Raven Baxter such a great Black representation was the fact that she didn’t conform to lazy stereotypes, like the tough or angry sidekick. She was a non-white leading character with her own bold, ambitious dreams, which was particularly rare to see on the Disney Channel in the early ‘00s. And yes, Blackness is not a monolith — but she certainly represented a type of Blackness that made a whole generation of viewers at home feel seen.

“That’s So Raven was Black as hell. Raven Symone will NOT gaslight me lmao,” someone said.

One more person added, “I get Raven’s point but when I ‘take away the color + listen to the words’ I still hear a BLACK family. I think the point SHOULD be that a BLACK family is very relatable to all demographics even in their blackness and it’s why That’s So Raven is legendary, because it proved that!”