Black people who need to have their ‘Wakanda’ card revoked

Raven Symone…photo credit: Consequence of Sound

Raven Symone

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Ahhh Raven Symone. It’s hard to think cute Olivia from the Bill Cosby Show would grow up to be obnoxious Raven but here we are.  When she denied her lineage to Oprah Winfrey in 2014 by commenting: “I don’t want to be labeled gay, I want to be a human who loves humans. I’m tired of being labeled, I’m an American. I’m not an African-American; I’m an American.” She also said: “Don’t fire me from this right now, but some people do look like animals,” in response to a television host comparing former first lady Michelle Obama to a character from “Planet of the Apes.”  Wakanda card revoked.