Mitchell, who is half Filipino and half white, also told Women’s Magazine that she and her mother have personally experienced racism.
“It’s something my mom has dealt with her whole life. Then she and my dad were dating in the 1980s in Toronto, their relationship was looked down upon,” the actress said. “On the bus with my dad, she would get the worst looks. They would tell me about going into a restaurant and people not serving them.”
“I also saw it in real life,” she actress. “My mom would get derogatory remarks like, ‘Are you the cleaning lady? Are you the nanny?’ And she was like, ‘No, but what is your issue if I was? ”
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