Former child star Raven-Symone, left, will appear as a lesbian in an upcoming episode of popular ABC sitcom “Black-ish.”
That’s a not a stretch for Raven-Symone who is in a longterm lesbian relationship with former America’s Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston.
Raven shared an Instagram photo revealing how she will look in character wearing a long black wig to cover her butch shaved mohawk haircut. She poses in the photo will all-natural makeup artist Nadyne Hicks.
Keeping in line with other prime time TV shows that include characters with alternative lifestyles, ABC cast Raven as Rhonda, the uptight lesbian sister of Dre (Anthony Anderson), who is uncomfortable talking about her proclivities for women.
She will appear in an episode titled “Please Don’t Ask, Please Don’t Tell.”
Raven grew up in front of America’s eyes as a precocious young star in “The Cosby Show,” “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper” and “That’s So Raven.”
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Raven looks so pretty here
So she playing..herself…
how UN-interesting…. 
That lady with them cracked lips though *hands her my carmex*
Raven shared an Instagram photo revealing how she will look in character wearing a long black wig to cover her butch shaved mohawk haircut. She poses in the photo will all-natural makeup artist Nadyne Hicks.
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I haven’t watched an episode of Black-ish in sooo long.
Im happy Raven is getting work even though she doesnt need it
yesterdays paper
Nice hair but I can care less about her carpet munching activities
I want to ask for a re-cap of the past 7 days cause I missed a lot :crying1: but I can’t stay so….nevermind
I miss the garden doe
I haven’t watched an episode of Black-ish in sooo long.
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I haven’t watched an episode at all
AzMarie

I’m over the agenda if in fact there is one. But it TV and Film and Music and other businesses are open to diversity I’m all for, being that I understand what it’s like to be treated second class. When we start seeing commercials promoting homosexual, like “hey, be gay. It’s ok” then we have a problem. But if you think gay imagines of TV will make more peope gay you either don’t believe in God, or you’re just sensitive about your own sexuality. ((THERE WILL Never be more Gays on Earth than Straight,,,it’s unnatual))
*typos, too many typos. Lol
AJ why you got Clef on that byke? That been your gravi and I missed it? I been on mobile. :crying1: Hey to you ANYWAY tho.
THERE WILL Never be more Gays on Earth than Straight,,,it’s unnatual))
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A.J. says:
I haven’t watched an episode of Black-ish in sooo long.
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I haven’t watched an episode at all
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Me neither …. hey AJ :KISS:
AJ why you got Clef on that byke? That been your gravi and I missed it? I been on mobile. :crying1: Hey to you ANYWAY tho.
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Dubb-I changed it two weeks ago per some members request as I had Pearl from 227 up. I obliged as I’m a team player sometimes…
hey AJ
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Jenty hey babe wassup?
@AJ I am wondering why that pic ever damn was TOOK. What made him think it was a good idea. Must be when you was here I was on mobile and aint notice. Lord have mercy. He look all proud and chit.
I wonder what possessed Wyclef to oil himself up and pose for that picture
I don’t care about what Raven is doing.
He look all proud and chit.
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You couldn’t tell that nigga chit after this photo!!
Blackish is a cool show
look fwd to watching when I can.
Her hair is GORG!
Bootcampgirl says:
That lady with them cracked lips though
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Bet if she scraped them, she’d come up with a new brand of cornflakes.
A.J. says:
I haven’t watched an episode of Black-ish in sooo long.
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I haven’t watched an episode at all
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oh…so in other words, no acting involved, eh? got it.
Her eyebrahs look nice for once in that pic though.
aRoTh says:
A.J. says:
I haven’t watched an episode of Black-ish in sooo long.
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I haven’t watched an episode at all
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I wish someone would pass the memo to the fellas that if you wear suspenders, please DO NOT WEAR A BELT!! Thanks from management
Add my
up there as to never have watched. It conflicts with something that makes me not able to watch. Hell its almost March. Probably basketball.
Blackish is family oriented, wholesome, light….yall haven’t watched it. Empire is gritty, degenerative, and Business as usual in Hollywood, and you niggrases are eating it up.
I never seen an episode of black-ish..its funny how a person who doesn’t wanna be labeled is coming on the show as a black gay person..i miss the days when gay ppl stayed in the closest ugh
and you niggrases are eating it up.
^^ :stop: slow me down interloop…Ion like yo tone in that “niggrases” thats whats wrong with folk nah
I have never seen blackish…not cuz im a negra but cuz I do not watch t.v. at home, only at work while I am bored…..so if “blackish” is not on NETFLIX I cannot watch it
Hey miany
and you niggrases are eating it up.
^^ :stop: slow me down interloop…Ion like yo tone in that “niggrases” thats whats wrong with folk nah
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and more white people look at it than any other race but…
KDub says:
AJ why you got Clef on that byke? That been your gravi and I missed it? I been on mobile. Hey to you ANYWAY tho.
Clef washed the bike, oiled his neck and chest “ONLY” and looks like Iggy’s pale azz below the waist 
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Tens, as opposed to hundreds, and thousands.
i know it ain’t me. i got too many typos #blog rules say so 
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Loopy who the ten on here?
I think the guy who came to fix the copy machine was hitting on me but he smelled like fabric softener so I know he aint single
Get out of my Nielsen Ratings please. I wouldnt have watched it anyway. I cant watch: NCAAM bball, Empire, and wholesome black folks on ABC. I cant DVR bball. It AINT THE SAME.
I can BARE-LEE keep up with Cookie and nem and the score since Fox wanna be fancy shamancy and have limited commercials. I GOT DECISIONS.
oooh, i logged in JUST to say “preach” interloop. blackish is the kind of show i’d watch with the grandbabies. gotta go… the plantation does not approve of posting… peace!
A.J. says:
and you niggrases are eating it up.

^^ :stop: slow me down interloop…Ion like yo tone in that “niggrases” thats whats wrong with folk nah
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and more white people look at it than any other race but…
^^ Hey AJ….and in addition to THAT, black folk always judging one another… yt folk can watch the heyull outta honey boo boo and sons of anarchy and no one bats an eyelash
My DVR already had shows set up sooo
No Blackish. What shows? I don’t know could be Mob Wives, LHHHNY, Black Ink, Greys
You know entertainment. Wholesome stuff. For an adult.That pays their own bills. Has a job. Has the right to watch what they want 
is she playing as a black lesbian woman or an American lesbian woman?
oooh, i logged in JUST to say “preach” interloop.

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Waddup Vodouchile,
And they wonder why Kim Kardasian is popular and one of our top rappers is slowly deteriorating in front of our eyes crying about awards and ugly space shoes while black kids in Chicago are killing each other like carnival games.
oooh, i logged in JUST to say “preach” interloop.
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why you waste your log in tho? Hope you don;t get fired trying to salute Loopy calling folks jiggaboos for watching entertainment on the tv box
So not one of yall huzzies gonna say
to me?
I see how yall roll now
outta sight… :crying1: YALL SO DAMN CRUEL!! 
That’s kool, cause I
some of yous anyways!! 
inter_loop says:
Blackish is family oriented, wholesome, light….yall haven’t watched it. Empire is gritty, degenerative, and Business as usual in Hollywood, and you niggrases are eating it up.
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UUUMMMMM… HAVEN’T WATCHED EMPIRE EITHER…SOOOOO…judgment much?
but he smelled like fabric softener so I know he aint single
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User Friendly says:
I think the guy who came to fix the copy machine was hitting on me but he smelled like fabric softener so I know he aint single

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And they wonder why Kim Kardasian is popular and one of our top rappers is slowly deteriorating in front of our eyes crying about awards and ugly space shoes while black kids in Chicago are killing each other like carnival games.
duh everybody knows THAT is why niggas is dying and Kim K married Kanye. DO THE EDUCATION..
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because folks are watching blackish instead of empire
black folk always judging one another… yt folk can watch the heyull outta honey boo boo and sons of anarchy and no one bats an eyelash
I’m here for this Miany!! Not a fukking word 
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I see you @fiyah. I thought you had gone hun. Hey Fiyah
Come on back in Vou… I know you see us
Loopy needs a +1. You are one of the 10 
:stop: @interloop Pump yo brakes, pimpin.
I don’t/have not/can’t get into NOR stay awake long enough to even watch Empire, so pull some of those bristles out of that broad ass paint brush you usin’.
Secondly, well, hell, the same goes for Black’ish. Damn near EVERYTHING on TV now is “gritty, degenerative, and Business as usual in Hollywood”. “So whatcha sayin’ hoe? Esha wit da bangs hoe.”(in my Thotnation Esha wit da bang/thotiana voice)
Afiya says FOH
says:
So not one of yall huzzies gonna say to me? I see how yall roll now outta sight… YALL SO DAMN CRUEL!!
Dont get your panties in a bunch they dont speak to me either 
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Hey hun
Wut says:
UUUMMMMM… HAVEN’T WATCHED EMPIRE EITHER…SOOOOO…judgment much?
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Yep.
So what color is the dress yall?
Whats seneca? Dont be talkin bout my mama Nancy
I DON’T WATCH:
TV isn’t my thing much…I’m a writer and lover of a good book. When I watch TV, its a movie or two… I don’t judge others who choose to use their free time to entertain themselves however they choose…just not my thing…:shrug:
EMPIRE
LOVE AND HIPHOP
SCANDAL
BEING MARYJANE
AND WHAT EVER ELSE THAT IS OUT THERE THAT HASN’T CAUGHT MY ATTENTION…
*wipes I’s*
Dubb & SF
I feel so much better now 
Talk to you guys next week, I have some stories to tell, if my old azz don’t forget
That pays their own bills.
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We was JUST up here the OTHER day sis tambout how we be cussing the cable people OUT. Mess around and get that crisp yt accent on the phone vs somebody in India like @OTB said….you try to upgrade DVR space. Not just MY ish in the system. The tens of shows my kids watch too.
black folk always judging one another… yt folk can watch the heyull outta honey boo boo and sons of anarchy and no one bats an eyelash
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I need a new pic of my boo marilyn speaking of anarchy
Oh, no I don’t need the help. Your comments are all the help I need. Being that blacks are only 14% of the Amercan population and the Empire lifestyle represents (whether falsely or acuratey) a large majoring of that small percentage. No one should complain about white/cop-on-black violent when we don’t check out own, or perpetuate the opposite. If a majority of you think that blacks, espiacally in these times, have the space or time for frivolities than I pitty what our race will be like in a decades time.
@AJ I am done but for the record…..
I am all for helping the kids and improving things but lets face it..you and blackish aint got the answers sway.
Lets teach these black kids to love themselves…wanna start with entertainment? Let’s start by showing a DIVERSE image of ourselves on television. Heyull keep BOTH shows…how bout not being one of those black folk who are busy judging and downing other blacks?
Fiya! Hey girl, heeeeeeeeeeey!
you all settled in your new digs yet? (yeen put up no ugly curtains did you?
) 
aRoTh says:
So what color is the dress yall?


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*whispers* Gold and White….
Like who cares. It’s an awesome show but not all will watch. I don’t watch Empire to save my life. Probably won’t eva get into it either
my dvr too full. I’m currently catching up on politics, documentaries etc. I have caught up on hack my life on trutv though
NOM NOM NOM time
Afiya says FOH
says:
*wipes I’s* Dubb & SF I feel so much better now
Talk to you guys next week, I have some stories to tell, if my old azz don’t forget

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Hurry back nah….u hear
Who talkin bout watching black shows when they black ass is on Sandra’s black ass blog?
Err bawdy know the bl in blog stands for black. Black ornery gossip
Le duhhh :eyeroll:
*No matter what yt people are doing we do not have the luxury of being as passive. Because for every one Honey Boo Boo there are at least 20 chubby, curly-haired yt girls entering Yale.
WUT IZ A PHD!!!
says:
aRoTh says:
So what color is the dress yall?
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*whispers* Gold and White….
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I’ve looked at that damn dress so long Im getting ads saying its back in stock
@Dub listen I got tens of shows already in my tv box …My DVR be like

ain’t nobody got time to be adding The Cosby Show to please folks. i mean we ALL KNOW he was a pillar of the community and that show was as WHOLESOME as it gets
“I’m a writer”
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THIS we know!

I’ve looked at that damn dress so long Im getting ads saying its back in stock

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My momma hit me with a “I was looking at the dress on Romans website a few weeks ago”
So u just gone screenshot her pic & dont even follow?
Pet tea!
If a majority of you think that blacks, espiacally in these times, have the space or time for frivolities than I pitty what our race will be like in a decades time.
YOU PITY (us) FOOLS.
Except bout 10. Let them be. When Jesus come back it’ll be just the ten of us that got some sense still left here posting on this here black blog. They gone learn today 
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You said that Mister T
They niggas. All of them!!
inter_loop says:
Oh, no I don’t need the help. Your comments are all the help I need. Being that blacks are only 14% of the Amercan population and the Empire lifestyle represents (whether falsely or acuratey) a large majoring of that small percentage.
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Actually quite the opposite. The “perception” seen on that show is minority of black people. There are FAAAR more honest, hardworking, upstanding, non-ghetto acting,non backstabbing, non azz shakin golddiggin, non welfare receiving, among us than you think. The fact that you buy into what the media says is majority is the very reason I choose not to watch…
Oh cynical
Miany says:
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Miany
Oh, no I don’t need the help. Your comments are all the help I need.
Next time save your log in. Especially if you not spending 99.9% of your time fighting the oppressor. You can get that lil 1% and use it for whatever you want
be careful with it though …
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Voodoo he said thank but no thanks IDFWU
Hey Mainy
I’m a writer
Thats how that glory majoring in playwriting started her intro 
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Who said this Nancy
Dub where is your red pen
Nancy Drew Wears Prada
…that’s all.
says:
“I’m a writer”
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well i’ma be binge watching House of Cards this evening to see all the honest white politicians serve the people and not themselves
SugarFoot says:
I’m a writer
Thats how that glory majoring in playwriting started her intro 
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Who said this Nancy
Dub where is your red pen

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I did…
aRoTh says:
So what color is the dress yall?
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depends on if u looking with nigga eyes or if u part of the talented tenth
That uglass mother of the bride dress is lavender
@Take My company charges if you try to expand DVR storage. I will send Dub20 a text and be like delete all that crap in the system when you get home today and then make your sister follow suit. They DO watch wholesome shows. Stuff like “That’s So Raven” reruns for Dub10 cause she wasnt BORN when it was ON. So now she DVR em. And then Raven grow up to be a bulldagger AND play one on TV. Not some damn wholesome no more now is it? Carpet munching wholesome and family orientated out this bish these days?
SEE.WHAT.I.DID.THERE?
WUT stated that she is a writer!
this tickled me to no end 
bish, tell us sum we DON’T know :crying1:
@inter_loop I hear you hun but you still dont have all the answers so you should be less condescending and more open to sharing your thoughts and ideas… you dont have ALL the answers
but for every 1 ex con cookie (chick from empire’s name) there are 100 (brown,yellow, black and beige) chicks on this here blog who are EMPLOYED AND/ OR EDUCATED.
Taraji’s character exist in black america just like Tracey Ross’does..
Mistaken, bad interpretation. I appreciated the love from Voodo. Voodu knew I had this when Voodu logged on just to show love. Now that’s love. What you talkin’ ’bout?
@ Wut mmmkay disregard
:wave: @ Miany
@ Time
nigga eyes
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Miany,
Respect. Maybe my tone is a little off but it helps get the point across.
Nancy Drew Wears Prada
…that’s all.
says:
WUT stated that she is a writer!
this tickled me to no end 
LEEEEMMMEEEEELOOOOONEE! 
bish, tell us sum we DON’T know :crying1:
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SugarFoot says:
@ Wut mmmkay disregard
:wave: @ Miany
@ Time

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Carpet munching wholesome and family orientated out this bish these days?
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it’s friday out dis bish!
fugg folks 
Hey Miany!
….wait… so Voodu is a real thing now? that’s somebody login?
Mistaken, bad interpretation. I appreciated the love from Voodo. Voodu knew I had this when Voodu logged on just to show love. Now that’s love. What you talkin’ ’bout?

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Oh you are one of those. LIT ER RALL people. No jokes. Just answers.
*deadpan face* Blessings to you
Moving right along … @Dub but you also know/see Raven came from Cosby’s show. The see was planted early. She saw all of that and was like I will just be on this team
Maybe my tone is a little off but it helps get the point across.
No it doesn’t. You speaking nigga tone. I got refined font and ears. YOU ARE LOSING THE MASSES WITH YOUR TONE
Lighten up!!
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Wait never mind. You don’t have time to lighten up because any second wasted …… I know
Thats how that glory majoring in playwriting started her intro
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I was so hot. Lord have mercy on me. You must be planning on writing black church plays for the rest of your life. Mama I Want To Sing 26. I aint got time. Can you at LEAST major in English and teach until we see Papa Dont Preach 19 that is going straight to Roku in 20 years? For me? All of yall in that major not all gonna write VIABLE plays baby.
I was about to say I am done talking about this but we got a
anyways
Good dialogue Loop.
Ummmm I am very edumacated and I be watching Empire. I will catch blackish occasionally but I don’t always care for the new vs old black stereotypes on the show and I get distracted by the fact that Tracee only blinks her right eye!
It’s an alright show but I’m a full time student (AGAIN!) so I don’t have time to watch everything. My television time is mostly an escape from the stress of school and life. I generally get my news online where I can choose to click the X in the corner of ish gets too deep.
Another thing is that lots of white people watch both shows and many assume that we all fit into one of the 2/3 categories on the screen. Neither show represents me or anyone I know personally but unfortunately folks will generalize. Just like you Loopy. We are not all the same and don’t do things for the same reasons. I think you have some great ideas but your age shows in your view of the world. I would love to see your perspective in 10 years.
Oh and for those who care A Different World is coming to Netflix on 3/15! Talking about good tv and all. So psyched!
Is the role a punishment for Raven? She stated no labels on her being gay or black
guess this role will be a real stretch for her 