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I was the darkest skinned person in my family. I remember how I used to feel - like I wasn't pretty enough, or I…

— Rapsody

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to…

— Ricky Whittle

I didn't want to be a 16-year-old kid being beaten up by a bunch of people who didn't like me 'cause of the colour…

— Lenny Henry

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 was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and…

— Halle Berry

Bullying about my skin tone probably started at nine years old and it was actually by the lighter-skinned black girls at school.

— Bree Runway

As a child, I thought I hated everybody, but when I grew up I realized it was just children I didn't like.

— Philip Larkin

Kids made fun of me because I was dark skinned, had a wide nose, and was dyslexic. Even as an actor, it took me…

— Danny Glover

I was teased a lot, growing up, because of my skin tone.

— Khoudia Diop

I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.

— Amanda Palmer

I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up.

— Mary J. Blige

I hated myself growing up.

— Dylan Alcott