Bad Quote by Whitney Houston

I have always had people who wanted to touch my hair and Black girls not accepting me because I'm too light-skinned to fit in…

— Taylor Russell

I went to a private girls' school where I was one out of five girls in the class who looked like me.

— Hannah Bronfman

At the start of high school, I looked like a girl... to a very major degree. I had really long hair and a really…

— Thundercat

Me being dark-skinned, that was like a big thing. Growing up, I hated myself. It was, like, weird. Kids are cruel.

— Tierra Whack

Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin.

— Irina Shayk

In my last two years in high school, my face was pocked with pimples, I stammered when I spoke; if I made a mistake,…

— Joseph L. Mankiewicz

At school, I was frequently subjected to racial abuse.

— David Lammy

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

It was a reaction to when I was growing up, and women were supposed to be all blonde hair, gold suntan, and pink lips.…

— Siouxsie Sioux

I think the reason my parents didn't like me is I was not a good-looking kid. My whole family was embarrassed, they didn't want…

— Billy Braver

When my reputation was at its height, classmates insulted me right to my face as I walked down the hall. When a teacher called…

— Leora Tanenbaum

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

— Grace Jones