09/02/2026
I think people keep asking why Raven-Symoné’s wife seems to minimize her success, but I’m starting to think the more interesting conversation is why Raven appears so comfortable participating in it. Raven has made it clear that she doesn’t want her celebrity to be the center of her relationships, but there’s a difference between being humble and making yourself smaller.
And the insistence that That’s So Raven somehow wasn’t a “Black show” is part of the same conversation for me. Raven Baxter being Black shaped the character, the humor, the storylines and the cultural language of that show. Acknowledging race isn’t divisive. Sometimes pretending race had nothing to do with something is the actual erasure.