i did think that i was not pretty enough, i did think that i would have to work a lot harder, even though i thought i was probably a little bit more talented than my co actors who were lighter skinned, i thought that was right. i thought that because it was so normalised. so i think as i grew up, i saw things in my career that i didn t even know were right or wrong, and i had to be educated and learn along the way. you studied in the us, you ve written in your book about how you faced racism then, but that wasn t the only time, you know. almost two decades later, i think, you also faced racism again when your first song released in the us. did it hurt as much both times? and what was different about how you dealt with it? well, i think the racism is prevalent wherever we go, and i think that when i was younger, i didn t have the mental equipment to be able to deal with how that
when i was 21, 22, i did think that i was dark skinned, i did think that i was not pretty enough, i did think that i would have to work a lot harder, even though i thought i was probably a little bit more talented than my co actors who were lighter skinned, i thought that was right. i thought that because it was so normalised. so i think as i grew up, i saw things in my career that i didn t even know were right orwrong, and i had to be educated and learn along the way. you studied in the us, you ve written in your book about how you faced racism then, but that wasn t the only time, you know. almost two decades later, i think, you also faced racism again when your first song released in the us. did it hurt as much both times? and what was different about how you dealt with it? well, i think that racism is prevalent wherever
that i was dark skinned, i did think that i was not pretty enough, i did think that i would have to work a lot harder, even though i thought i was probably a little bit more talented than my co actors who were lighter skinned, i thought that was right. i thought that because it was so normalised. so i think as i grew up, i saw things in my career that i didn t even know were right or wrong, and i had to be educated and learn along the way. you studied in the us, you ve written in your book about how you faced racism then, but that wasn t the only time, you know. almost two decades later, i think, you also faced racism again when your first song released in the us. did it hurt as much both times? and what was different about how you dealt with it? well, i think that racism is prevalent wherever we go, and i think that when i was younger,
decided whenever he wanted to show up on set is when we would shoot. it was normal, you know, when famous commercials came by and it was a really big shiny brand, it was normalfor actors, male and women, to say, oh, wow, i have glowing white skin now. there was nothing wrong around it. when i was 21, 22, i did think that i was dark skinned, i did think that i was not pretty enough, i did think that i would have to work a lot harder, even though i thought i was probably a little bit more talented than my co actors who were lighter skinned, i thought that was right. i thought that because it was so normalised. so i think as i grew up, i saw things in my career that i didn t even know were right or wrong, and i had to be educated and learn along the way. you studied in the us, you ve written in your book about how you faced racism then, but that wasn t the only time, you know. almost two decades later, i think,
pretty enough, i did think that i would have to work a lot harder, even though i thought i was probably a little bit more talented than my co actors who were lighter skinned, i thought that was right. i thought that because it was so normalised. so i think as i grew up, i saw things in my career that i didn t even know were right or wrong, and i had to be educated and learn along the way. you studied in the us, you ve written in your book about how you faced racism then, but that wasn t the only time, you know. almost two decades later, i think, you also faced racism again when your first song released in the us. did it hurt as much both times? and what was different about how you dealt with it? well, i think the racism is prevalent wherever we go, and i think that when i was younger, i didn t have the mental equipment to be able to deal with how that made me feel.