Allen Berezovsky/FilmMagicRaven-Symoné is firing back at the online haters!
After making headlines for her one-on-one interview with Oprah Winfrey, the 28-year-old former Disney star is asking those on Facebook to keep quiet if they don't have anything nice to say.
"I don't take offense to those that are mad at my personal opinion of myself. Like before, I'm glad there are conversations happening," she wrote. "What does irritate me is the bulling tones towards myself and other opinions in the blog. Keep your disrespectful, mean, hurtful, words in a diary for yourself."
Go Raven!
She added, "Personal attacking is not needed, and no matter what race, nationality, culture or womb you came out of, strive for respect. Strive to be virtuous, so the conversation can lead to great things, other things."
In an interview for the OWN series, Oprah: Where Are They Now?, Raven made it clear that she is not a fan of labels.
"I don't want to be labeled ‘gay.' I want to be labeled ‘a human who loves humans,'" she told Winfrey. "I'm tired of being labeled. I'm an American. I'm not an African American; I'm an American."
As one can imagine, the quote quickly blew up social media and forced The Cosby Show star to clarify her remarks.
"I never said I wasn't black," Raven said in a statement to E! News. "I want to make that very clear. I said, ‘I am not African American,' I never expected my personal beliefs and comments to spark such emotion in people. I think it is only positive when we can openly discuss race and being labeled in America."
And while her words may get people talking, the actress hopes people will just be kind when they are discussing important issues.
"We have reached a standstill in our progression as Humans," she concluded in her latest Facebook post. "Let's have a floor of RESPECT, KINDNESS, OPENMINDED-nESS. Showing your disagreement with my personal comments by using language you were not allowed to use as a child is just [sad]."