Leona Lewis, who shared her painful story with fans on Instagram on Saturday (June 6).Reacting to comments she's heard about how racist attitudes and incidents are not as prevalent in the U.K., the singer offered her personal experience with discrimination amid the solidarity marches that took place across England over the weekend.
She said that after signing a management deal and buying a new place a few years ago, she went out shopping with her dad in London at a "cute little shop" to buy some items for her apartment."I didn't realize it at the time, but all of the [other] customers were white, me and my dad were the only black people in there," she said, recalling that the female store owner was "hovering around" as Lewis browsed the.
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