I grew up in a rough all-white neighbourhood, so as a child was deeply self-conscious of my skin color. When I was 8 or 9 I'd put on talcum powder before school to look whiter, but rather than convince the other kids that I was like them, it convinced them I was the walking dead.
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What kind of racism? I only ask because you look 30 or so, and I grew up in the 90's in the UK (after leaving DK) and I never saw any despite having brown/black mates. Not disputing your story, I am just interested.
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In nursery, when we played ring-a-roses, some kids wouldn't hold hands with me (or the mixed race kid). Each day, while passing a bus stop on the way to school, I'd receive racial abuse and stones thrown at my head. Once in a while, a stranger in the street would call me a paki.
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I was bullied as a kid, tho it was white on white. Makes me wonder if the trigger is melanin, or the lack of confidence. That is, the ostensible subject of teasing / bullying is secondary to the psyche profile of the victim. Sorry to hear, in any event.
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