Being bullied Quote by Sherri Shepherd

When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the…

— Jesmyn Ward

I have met other black and mixed-race people who were victims of racism, often far worse than anything I experienced, and who have taken…

— David Olusoga

I had a lot of racism growing up where I grew up. Bullied at school. It definitely encouraged me. It's like battle wounds -…

— Lewis Hamilton

I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.

— DeMarcus Cousins

I had white family members, black family members, white friends, black friends by the time I was 16.

— Vic Mensa

My parents were 30 years older than I was, and my parents had my brother and I ten years apart. My parents grew up…

— Courtney A. Kemp

As a kid, growin' up, I can't front, it was hard. I was just coming in from Africa. I was mad black. Dark skin…

— Akon

When I think back, I felt like I had the life that a lot of white American kids grew up with in the suburbs…

— St. Lucia

I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as…

— Halle Berry

For my own part, once I became a teenager, I experienced severe and violent racism.

— Maajid Nawaz

When I was 11 years old, I was bullied. It mainly started when I moved to California to pursue my dreams of being an…

— Raini Rodriguez

So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my mother transferred…

— Maya Wiley