Exactly! She literally paved the way!

I loved "That's so Raven".

I grew up watching all these stars and I still knew full and well that was the Raven channel 😂 I remember years ago Disney showed nothing but That's So Raven episodes for maybe a week straight and I couldn't have been happier in my life 😭

@@MsAngelaSunshine so did I! i loved it so much because coming from a black family, i saw a lot of my family dynamic in her household.

As much as I love Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana, but Raven definitely broke barriers and she deserves as much credit as Miley. Don't get me wrong, Miley has made a lot of impact and carried Disney on her back for years, but Raven is the Blueprint and paved the way for black women like, Coco, China, Keke, Skai Jackson, Monique Coleman and the lists goes on! Also if it weren't for her, The Cheetah Girls wouldn't be successful!

Agreed.

Yes Raven is😌👑

Yes indeed !!!!

She literally did.

100% agreed.

When u need a black person go head and call zendaya

careful they might just cast dark skin women in negative roles and call it diversity *cringe*

@@niaisnext 💀💀

@@niaisnext or Zoey Kravitz

@@fenixlavande4755 atleast she fully black well I might kinda

Great point.

You sound so stupid saying this. Is it not obvious to you that Black Biracials still get lynched, face racism, etc? Like why are you so surprised?💀

did u think mixed black girls didn't get racism?

She's only able to become all of those things and accomplish all of that BECAUSE she's biracial...........

EVERYONE faces it. It’s just being different Than a majority of where you’re working

Facts you right

Both.

Don't sell out Repent! Yahusha died for u bc He l's u! He is coming back soon DO NOT take the mark of the beast vaccine!

The second part.

right and when Halle Bailey send the Little Mermaid to the moon.. they gonna be mad

Facts 💯 I’ve always loved raven and idolize her on the show her outfits, hair, makeup were so cute 🥰

Raven is the only reason I paid any attention to disney. Like sure, i knew about lizzie mcguire n even Stevens but i didn't care about them. Thats so raven hooked me in❤

Absolutely

Been watching Raven from xenon girl of the 21st century all the way to ravens home and I'm a male that just turned 30. She's my fav

That’s no cap , I can admit that even as someone who did not watch her shows / movies

No one deserves to be put on a pedestal. They're a human not a god

@@GrimmtokiAMV Ofc but she had it all. I meant to say she deserved to be in the same level of fame as Demi, Miley, Jonas Brothers, Selena, etc.

@@musicdiary5768 well in all honesty Selena only made it big because of Justin

I remember seeing a magazine ad for Let It Shine and thinking Coco was so beautiful. And she can sing-she wouldn’t even need auto tune! I wish Disney had given her more opportunities

@@thaizshotz6120 Not true. There is literally no need to put down a woman to praise another. Coco Jones is incredible and very underrated and Selena is also very talented. Just because she dated Justin it doesn't mean she needed him to have success.

To be fair, Disney shows like the aforementioned ones and their stars DID impact me as a kid. At times, I preferred the black girls over their white counterparts. Tia and Tamera Mowry especially got me with their ‘twin prowess’ on the “Twitches” film series.✌️ (I’m saying this as a fellow non-black WOC.)

💯

Majority of Latinos preferred those shows

the surprising thing is that coco was on there in the first place. this is murica

She had so much potential I always wondered what happened to her

@@PHlophe a

Yesss as soon as it got to the end of the video that was the first thing I thought. HOW TF YOU BLOW THAT LEAD?!?!?!!!! That girl is a GOLD MINE🤦🏽‍♀️

Yes but her mom is her manager so that's a good thing about her career! She is way more talented than what Disney can do for her and Disney would have just corrupted her like a corrupted all the other kids in the industry! I think she's better off because now she can have her sanity and grow up to be a respectful adults! Most of those kids that grew up in the industry and continue to be in the industry they have so many mental problems in don't know how to cope with it and they just get so fixated on drugs and try to escape! So I think her mom did the right thing by withdrawing her from the entertainment industry! Go check out her video where the music video Hollywood where she talks about how weird Hollywood is and her inner thoughts on it!

She said she ain't touched her money from Cosby either...

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

She still getting them disney coins

@@darrellmeans6889 Right, and that info came from her own mouth.

I love seeing all the love for Raven. I had no idea of all the traumatic things they put her through behind the scenes. She's always been my inspiration. Beautiful, talented beyond belief, a phenomenal singer, dancer and performer, all this packed into a young black star. Raven is EVERYTHING. I will forever be grateful for her sharing her light with us. She is absolutely THE blueprint! Take notes! Love this woman so much. I'm so honored to have grown up with her on my tv screen.

there is no such thing as selling your soul, there's just EXTREME racism bts that prevented them from growing higher.

I remember being nine years old and seeing Miley Cyrus and Bella Thorne on Disney channel and specifically feeling like I couldn’t have any fat on my body. I was going through puberty from like 9-11 and I hated my body so much because I didn’t look like one of the Disney girls.

I heard she said it was hypocritical in one of her interviews. She had mentioned this same episode and then stated that she could not believe how hypocritical Disney told her to lose weight. Yet placed her in that or rather the episode after telling her this.

I was JUST gonna say this like the irony

Exactly what I was thinking

Omg! That was one of my fav episodes growing up. I STILL have it to this day on VHS. The hypocrisy is disgusting

what episode was it do you know?

i saw so many stories about black actresses having to do their own hair or make up because their hairdressers didn't know how to do it. it's so heartbreaking.

🔥

@@lilenwasnothere6867 yup I heard that...

And costume designer

@Alisa Martinez I liked that as well!

Cory, Eddie, Victor and Raven were all plus sized but they only focused on Raven cause she and her show were their brand and they didn't want her to be fat and dark

Well Cory looked healthy and still cute when fat. Raven looked absolutely hideous.

@@jimduggan8962 be gone fiend

@@jimduggan8962 what's the difference?

@@lilenwasnothere6867 I never thought Raven was very attractive to begin with. But once she got big then she looked like a hideous troll. I know its mean but no ones trying to have that as a face of their network. I can't imagine anyone looking at her during those years and thinking she was pleasant to look at. And that doesn't mean you need to have a models body to be attractive either. But someone looking like they at least take care of themselves is attractive.

yep and I definitely watched true Jackson vp when it came out I always sung along to her theme song as well

Loveee to see her paving her own way. 💜

@@aghasearmyshawolblinkonce8039 i never understood why people don’t talk about true jackson more, this show is elite

I blame the parents for continuing this. You can tell when a person is passionate about something is when you keep pushing.

Iiiiiioiiiii kopp pkkkk0⁰0o

The industry is racist towards Black girls. That's why. I honestly find it ridiculous how they didn't hire someone to do their hair! Smh.

I still look at Twitches still till this day I have the hole movie 1 and 2 and I can’t wait too look at it for Halloween and many more to come and proud family is my favorite keke is my favorite as well so as that’s so Raven

I’m white and I agree that black DOES SELL! I enjoyed watching Raven on Disney when I was younger :D

@@katysikkema You may have, but it doesn't change the fact the industry is racist.

@@shimmer4771 yeah, it’s sad. Nobody deserves to be treated poorly because of a racist industry.

yes!!! especially at such young ages when you're vulnerable. Like how can an adult call a 7 year old fat?? Like did anyone stick up for them at all? It's saddening.

I agree, I personally believe that all child stars suffer in the industry whether it is music or acting It's really sad but that's the price for success

It is safe to say this. Take a look at nick stars and Disney stars automatically you can tell there was a difference on how they were treated. Most of Disney child actors ended up dead , drug addicts , mental issues etc. Not to say nick didn't have the same because there were a few " Amanda Bynes" but overall nick did a better job with the child actors than Disney

@@j.m.t.p7806 and it’s upsetting because it shouldn’t have to be this way

@@j.m.t.p7806 mainly POV don’t all lives matter our shit

Her role as Roxy on let it shine will forever be iconic let’s never forget that tho....

we should say dark skinned girls specifically because the lighter skinned black girls get jobs and have a chance for success. Colorism in the industry is very evident and idk how they're not ashamed of it.

What I say to alllllll of this is GET OUR OWN!!!!! Sad how Skai's parent/ agent or whomever would not InSIST on a CAPABLE Stylist .... see realtalk we as African American Cosmetologist ( and even without a license) are talented 👌🏾to where I have the talent.. know how ... to work A N T Y typa hair. PERIODT. YEY THEY WILL NOT EMPLOY US.

@@lizatizitagobey4747 cause no one called them on it..... they just rode along on the BIG-D handout gravy train. Wasn't Noone in there like MONIQUE!!!!

@@lizatizitagobey4747 This is the reality in most if not all industries, all over the world. It’s just amplified because the entertainment industry is open for all to see. So sad

And PERIOD to the clips of CoCo's experiences. You're telling the entireeee truth

China ran from that Hollywood culture almost got her 😳 like it caught raven and orlando

I was thinking this too. I've always admired how she carries herself.

period.

@@ismahanm1118 yes!!

I wish she would act more

She’s always been so authentic it’s really admirable

Oml

i’ve heard somewhere it’s hard black stylists to join the union to then even get hired . it’s messed up all around

they not tryna hire blacks foks!!! but please i’ll do my own child hair or take her to the africans to get her hair done

A lot of these places they have like 1-2, maybe 3, stylists for the entire cast. So I’m guessing that a lot of the hiring managers thought or felt like hiring a black stylist to do other folks hair just wouldn’t ‘work’ or some dumb shit. Also, it’s not that every black stylist will know how to style Natural black hair. For a long time I had a stylist who only knew how to braid my hair or perm it, and turns out she permed my hair and burned it all of I had to chop my hair off and start again. So black stylists don’t always mean knowledge because unfortunately a lot of them have to go to these white esthetician schools that don’t teach you anything about black hair. It’s a super complex issue unfortunately, but I’m glad some change is being made in a positive direction.

That part!!!!

Yup, I was so mad that after so random they did put her on another show and promote her properly Disney did her wrong

4 real when she was on let it shone I thought Disney waa going to give her more spot light like they normally do, she was too good for them

She single handedly took over SZA’s whole song.

They totally fumbled the bag when it came to her. It’s straight up racism at this point cause she really was the full package. She could sing, dance and act. They did her so terribly.

Her remix to sza's Hit Different 😭❤

She was in the best movie ever too aka Little ANd she produced it

Love marsai !

:O wow do you know what it’s gonna be called

Someone in my family had sickle cell

Wow really. That would be great ..I have sickle cell & that would make me happy to feel represented

Keke was definitely a Nickelodeon girl! That’s where mainly everybody knew her from.

I actually knew her from Disney. I watched her a lot there

keke was both , jump in will always be one of my favourite Disney show

We know Keke from Nickelodeon because she was the star of True Jackson, VP and the movie Rags. But she was in Disney's Jump In as well. I believe she also had a singing record deal with Disney because I remember her music video for "Keep It Movin'" playing on Disney Channel all the time. I loved that whole album. She's from Disney and Nickelodeon.

@@RoyallyPrincess that’s true

Terrell Grice has a KZfaq show with Coco Jones as of Monday. You should check it out! 😊

@@JG-4real thank you! I’m definitely tuning into that tonight then!

Disney Channel really did mistreat her and they didn’t promote enough diversity at all. Which was very sad. It’s still sad because black girls really dreamt of being a Disney star.

@@JG-4real was looking for that comment. She brings it! One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Terrell don swooped her up real quick!

I always wondered why she didn't make it big. Should've known better though.

Same when I was 5 I loved her

Yesss at I use to say I was her 😍😍😍

Let it Shine was probably the only disney movie from its time that had decent acting and non cringey good songs. Songs that i would have not been ashamed to listen to

Yes i was inspired by her too it's always comfortable to see a face that looks like yours so you can feel comfortable to know that your not the only one or your not left out, it's like when you fail a test and you feel bad because you think you the only one but when your friend told you they failed too you feel a little better

That's pure evil humans didn't want that happiness for you. I'm glad it's there

Lol i know. Coco is drop dead gorgeous. When i saw the thumbnail i was thinking omg who is that?! Wow.

Right!! All of her pictures in this video were FLAWLESS

Coco is a very beautiful women I like that one song she sings on KZfaq let me check it

It's bc her personality

true shes very pretty

It’s crazy but I would’ve done it still knowing all this, if I had a chance

@@lovergworl_ seriously . They make fame , money and celeb status look like such a sweet experience that many people would do and go through whatever it took to get that . We as regular everyday people are conditioned to believe celebrities live this happy , extravagant , easy breezy , life . The truth is they go through so much more and sometimes only have the money to run to for comfort and reassurance. At all a business and a mind game .

@@demsmall8708 facts !!! and people disrespect some of these celebrities thinking because they have “money” or have so much stuff that’s financial wise, that they’re ok MENTALLY. a lot of these celebrities go through so much and don’t know how to handle it. that’s why i cant stand of these annoying ass haters that be under the Comments etc etc.... always speaking on celebrities as if they know what they go through behind closed doors. it be so weird.

I was a soo pressed growing up because I wanted to be a Disney starlet, but whooo thank you Jesus that I wasn’t! 🙏🏾💕

@@jahiel239 ian weak minded so i could've done it but sadly i never got da chance 🙄

Me too!

Me too !!

I think what's sad is that going back and watching the show (I'm currently on the first season so this stands for that) Raven wasn't overweight. People also don't pay attention to the fact that Chelsea was underweight, but the only person that got flack was Raven because being as thin as possible was all the rave and still is.

OMG Raven is NOT overweight! That's a perfectly HEALTHY and NORMAL body type!

I literally told my therapist this TO-DAY. This was so real, esp as I grew up around all white/asians

Same, as a black woman i love watching shows about other cultures like family karma, shahs of sunset etc. though those are drama filled it’s still nice to see the difference in the family dynamic & values

If they ever make a live-action princess and the frog Disney needs to payback Coco and cast her as Tiana! She would be perfect.

Hell we would’ve bought her dolls too. We have strong buying power

@@kamigriff exactly!

@@GoldenestLady that would be a great idea and if they continue the story, she should be on the cast too.

@@GoldenestLady Coco definitely has the looks for it and she’s a great singer. I hope she’d be considered

@Noel Jimenez UGGGHHHH YOURE SO RIGHT 😤😒

I hope they put a Live one in the making.

I like Ryan Destin more for that role

Frrr

She should get big role and laugh in their face. Like a biopic role , a blockbuster or online award nominated streamed movie

Lol. Also- the Winter Soldier is mine hon! 😜

Her look 8s not diverse enough. We need more actresses with darker melatonin on these shows. We exist too. I think is speaking out in these comments makes us heard. actresses

@@MsTWang one thing you can say for sure tho- they gave Peter Parker a preference for black women (even if Zendaya is only half) because the first girl he was in love with was definitely black, although ironically her character was biracial, with a white dad and black mom.. but then they made her dad the bad guy that Peter sent to prison. Yikes. 😬

YOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Too much thuth 🤦🏾

yessir

Same !! I love her!

Righhhhttt!!!

They have every right to speak their minds🖤🖤🖤

yep

Baby yes!! We must protect this beautiful sister ❤️❤️❤️

Yes Jackie!

Period!

Facts

Auntie Jackie, we love you!😍

Yass jackie

Girl yes! Her speech that they show in this video was some real shit 👏🏾💯

Ikr

She recently gave her life to Christ 🤍

I love her so much, and her being a Christian is the cherry on top! Much success and love to her.

Truly blessed by the most high God ❤️

Their music didnt take off because of white people.

@@jamsng everyone doesn’t need to be a Singer/Rapper. Damn near all those white girls that tried to have a singing career from that Disney/Nick era failed 🤣.

@@-Anonymous-. Yup. The only Disney girlies who've had massive successes from their music career are Miley, Selena and Demi. From Nick, Ariana Grande. The only recent example from the Disney/Nick machine I could think of is Sabrina Carpenter.

@@synonymbuns7082 and Olivia Rodrigo but it might be to early to call that one

Raven had the best voice then Keke I never heard Zendaya sing so I cant comment.

Finally somebody talked about Keke

Exactly

I been loving Keke since jump in

I'm not gonna lie, I'm happy that it took some time because it gave her the time to think about what she actually wanted to do along with the loving parents she had that didn't push her unhappiness aside. Plus she got to work with some amazing black actors and actresses.

Facts

Factss

The irony

I loved that episode

OMG it's ridiculous how they know what they are doing and they know it's wrong they make it public on the show that it is wrong and yet they still do it anyways off cameras towards the actors😡

I have never seen of a designer modelling their own clothes. They usually use models.

Yeah its lazy

RIGHT

Indians are Asians

@@hamianagrande They may have meant Native American who is often referred to as "Indians"

@@hamianagrande i think it might be because in america asian tends to refer to mainly east asians

I don’t think it was a bad idea (well, obviously because it turned out to be a success). Personally, I appreciate that it was middle class family rather than a wealthy high class family. Statistically back in the 90s, the average black household was low class and this was also during or little after the crack cocaine epidemic. I believe having a middle class black family on tv had a more positive impact for black families, because it looked like an attainable goal a true representation that did exist for some middle class black families. Also, it showed to their white counterparts that black people can “function” within “their” society and shouldn’t be perceived as a threat. Watching those tv shows made me believe I could have what I saw on tv, it just seemed realistic. And I can bet if the show did run with a high class wealthy family, it wouldn’t have been such a success. At that time, it would appear to sell a fantasy, cause the average black person was not living like that unless their profession was a doctor (Cosby show), lawyer, etc. And I don’t think black people were interested in fantasies at that time, considering they had to deal with real issues. There is a time and place for everything. People are not born running. They crawl, stand, walk, jog, and then run. It just seemed that was the right move to make.

Thats fucked up their reasoning that it but it did make it more realistic.

I actually think it was a good choice. Ofc their reasoning is out of focus, but during that time period it was more common for black people to not be very wealthy. I feel as though being middle class makes a bigger impact? If that makes sense. Altho it would be cool to see wealthy black people.

@@idontknowreally2474 Lemme tell you about a little show called The Fresh Prince of Bel Air😂😂😂

The reason for why they did that is so bad but idk about that because a majority of the cast is black so why would they have all the characters be black except for ray? Also, in a way it made the show better because it made it more reasonable and relatable. I don't think it would've been that good if Ray was rich.

Well this didn't age well

@@milodag7638 What did she do?

The

Yes!

Definitely but it sucks she keeps getting on the internet and spewing nonsense

💯 yes I agree!

@@ambriaashley3383 keep your head up ❤💪🏾

Thats why none of them had natural hair. They either got perms or wore wigs

@@radioactive_baby0706 thats not why none of them had natural hair. Most if not all black actors didnt have natural hair, even before disney, why? because the trend and standards for "black beauty" were still weave and relaxers. The natural movement is still pretty "recent" meaning for along time both black and white media didnt see the need to learn or know how to care for "black hair" unless it was loosely curled or straight. Apart from that all they needed to know how to do was how to place a wig on their deads. Skai is probably one of the first black disney starts to have had natural kinky hair even before disney

Its the same with black models too. They would have to do their own hair and makeup bc the white stylists wouldn't know what to do. It's laziness and racist. They could easily hire a black stylist but they purposely chose not too. Can't have the black girl outshine the others.

BuT wE cAnT hAv ThE bLaK gUrL lOoK bEtTeR tHeN tHe WiTe GuRlS

I read too fast and thought you were saying the directors are racist for casting a black women then I read the whole thing properly lol, but yeah I don't know why everyone threw a tantrum for them casting a black woman.

@@ihatefurriesxxx because a lot of spider man fans remember MJ as a white woman and some people want to see things how they are

@@gadoofy5850 yeah

I remember that backlash Michel

@I Dk what?! No she’s not

Forreal that's so dissapointing

I didn’t know that

@RevisedVibez what why not????

WHAT

We would’ve gotten a That’s So Raven Movie as well 🥲🥲🥲

I feel so sorry all the Black Girls🙏🏾💖💞😔

very very very gorgegous

Fr she has the whole package.

Yessssssss

Creative control. Corporations like Disney, Nickelodeon who are dominantly white in production will market to majority white audience. Hence why there is only a handful of tv shows / sitcoms on those networks with an all black / biracial cast. Give black / biracial creatives freedom to create ANYTHING and they will reach such great heights but instead the execs and production cast will downplay them saying they wont sell or do high numbers which is a lie.

No lie detected ❤️

U said what u said 👏🏾

And ? If biracial girls can represent black girls other non black girls can too. Black people play themselves with "we all black" rethoric.

@@profaneinquest3785 And what? What you just said is dumb. How is a non-black person going to play a black person? Would you say the say the same for a non-white person being played by a black person? Educate yourself cause you seem clueless.

@@Retrofuturejoon Dumb? Yes it's is. But it's happening non black women play black women characters ALL the time. Even the iconic one like Storm has never been played by a black actress. And when some like-minded black people spoke about it, the black "community" try to gaslight them to silence. It's been happening for decades.

Yaaasss! I'm rooting for you! 🤗❤ it's BEEN time!

🙌🏾🙌🏾

Get em Queen!!!! 👑 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️

Rooting for you to do good

I love this!!!! Please do it, girl! ❤️❤️❤️

😩😂😂👊🏾

That's So Raven should have gotten a movie the same way Lizzie McGuire did.

@@joshuamcdowell9745 There was supposed to be one, but Raven opted to not due it to pursue her music career.

Puuuurrrrrrr

Yaaas girl omg

Very good comparison.

She was in alot more disney movies and projects that wont listed example Princess Diaries, Zenon and another movie I think it involved some Christmas gift

@@chocobunbun her skits on the show always reminded me of Lucille’s style of comedy

@@TheAllyson25 exactly! She was high key involved in a lot of Disneys most successful productions (Cheerah girls!)

Don't sell out Repent! Yahusha died for u bc He l's u! He is coming back soon DO NOT take the mark of the beast vaccine!

Yes she is.

@@starduststudios5671 HAHA I TOOK THE VACCINE AND I STARTED TO HAVE DEMONIC SATANIC LAUGHING. IT WON'T STOP I JUST LOVE IT SPREAD THE VACCINE. I don't care, the vaccine will be everywhere and so will the masks

@@starduststudios5671 The vaccine is in ur food, it has been contaminated how do you feel?

@@yavinahmed3389 You are being adamantly discourteous towards someone who warned you about a fact that’s so crucial for no reason! Believe in Jesus today, Not tomorrow ❤️🙏🏾

True

BINGO

Yesss I never thought about it like that! So true

Yesss!!! Wowww!! Your brain thought level was💯

Facts. No blk jojo siwa. It's by design. But it's up to us to promote our own.

Same tactic they've been using since the Elvis days. They couldn't fathom white teens rocking out to black rock musicians back in the day so they pushed Elvis, despite Elvis ripping off plenty of black musicians at that time. Elvis got fame and fortune while the black artists he ripped off weren't nearly as popular or rich as he was

omg i never noticed ):

Didn't the same thing happened with Raven in the Cheetah Girls not saying it related to her in real life

The same with rags

It's the industry standard. They are so arrogant they like to show us what they do.

Let it Shine is such a underrated movie.

Could you imagine 🤔 lol

Yes they got paid 100k each episode

that’s how smart she is, she knows how to spend her money

I’m so happy and glad for her people tried to make it out that’s she was crazy at one point but she knows what she’s doing she remains booked and busy.

Smart

@Celeste Fr... I loved her and her sisters when I was young. She was a good role model and stayed true to herself

Chile...pleaseeeee for why? To tell her how to bathe? Honey Disney need a real dragging. White people just upset about black people. Something up they control the resources and #staypressed... a black people build America suh dem can gwan ole drankcrow dem! #vulturesquad !

@Marica Well considering that not every white girl has a black friend I think its a fair statement.

@꧄𒀰꧄𒈙꧄𒈙꧄𒈙𒈙𒀰𒀰𒈙꧄𒈙𒀰𒈙 𒈙꧄𒈙꧄𒈙𒈙𒀰𒀰𒈙꧄ ꧄𒀰꧄ Yeah this comment sounds a little weird but I kinda get what they mean, could've been worded better thi

I agree with you why can’t the sisters stick together

Facts never had a white friend, I only had African and Caribbean besties. That white best friend never related to me 🤷🏾‍♀️

She’s drop dead gorgeous

Coco is beautiful young woman. Plus she has mad pipes. That girl can sing.

@@dashiajames1882 Coco is drop dead gorge but she is not Black-eish enough to succeed. unambiguous african features don't work anywhere in america. we need to stop pretending its cos she darker.

@@PHlophe idc. she can still make it. saying this will only bring her down. let’s stop with this pls. bc not every successful black women has ambiguous features and we know it. even you could name a few

Shes STUNNNINGGGG