Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné in 2011, Dfree/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 10, 1985
Ethnicity: African-American
Raven-Symoné, also known as Raven, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, executive producer, and director. Her roles include the films The Little Rascals, Dr. Dolittle, and its sequel; The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Fat Albert, College Road Trip, and Mighty Oak, television’s The Cosby Show, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, That’s So Raven, The Cheetah Girls, For One Night, and Raven’s Home, and as a co-host on The View.
She is the daughter of Lydia and Christopher Pearman. Her parents are both black. She was raised partly in Ossining, New York. Raven-Symoné is married to social media manager Miranda Maday.
Raven-Symoné’s paternal grandfather is the son of Oscar Cicero Pearman, Sr. and Vera Clyde Jones.
Raven-Symoné’s maternal grandfather was Julius Herbert Gaulden (the son of James Andra “Jim” Gaulden and Johnnie Lee Simpkins). Julius was born in Louisiana. Jim was the son of Andrew Gaulden and Mary Ann Colloin/Collins.
Raven-Symoné’s maternal grandmother is named Louise Moss. Louise was born in Louisiana.
Sources: Genealogy of Raven-Symoné – http://www.geni.com
Article about Raven-Symoné’s family – http://files.usgwarchives.net
Americans are weird. How do they call her black? In the rest of the America’s she’s considered mixed
She’s American. Not African American.
She’s African American. People must realize, that African American is a biracial ethnic group. It doesn’t mean you’re 100% SSA as no African American is 100% Sub-Saharan African.
Do you go, “she can’t be only Puerto Rican?!” When you see a Puerto Rican that doesn’t look like your sterotypical Puerto Rican? It’s be dumb of you if you did. Puerto Rican are also a multiracial ethnic group, same with Mexicans, Brazilians, Costa Ricans, etc.
@Surreal, she is not African-American because she says she is not. She identifies with her Native American ancestry.
she also stated that she was black
African American is not a biracial group because some have no more than 20% European. That would not be considered Bi. 50-50 is bi-racial. Mostly African descendants. Latinos are tri -racial because that is what is in their DNA. A mixed raced group regardless of how light or dark their complexion is. A small percentage have mostly African or European DNA.
Bi racial isnt a African american ethnic group you can be biracial and be chinese and white
Look the definition of biracial PLEASE
Didn’t you hear? She told Oprah that she’s not an African American, she’s American.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzgIenTg4G4
fuck her denial
If she says she is not African American then she is not. She if if Native American descent so it needs to be changed to Native American.
she said she wasn’t African American, but she did say she was black. That’s what she wanted to make clear