racism she experienced growing up, as she encouraged others to educate themselves on the issues being raised today.The TV presenter penned a lengthy essay in Vogue, detailing the horrific racial abuse that she dealt with in her past.‘As a black woman born to Nigerian parents in the UK, the events of recent weeks have been traumatic on a personal level, forcing me to reflect on my own experiences, and dragging up dark memories I had buried,’ she begun, referring to the recent resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement.She then began to describe traumatic memories, such as when she walked into an expensive shop and security were called to ‘keep an eye on the black girl’, and a time when her then 10-year-old brother was illegally detained.
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