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Leona Lewis Recalls Experience With Racist Shop Owner: ‘It Sparked a Rage in Me’

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The killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police officers have sparked a global protest movement against systemic racism and police brutality.

They've also ignited a parallel reckoning of racist attitudes and incidents in the lives of black and brown people around the world, including singer Leona Lewis, who shared her painful story with fans on Instagram on Sunday (June 7).

Reacting to comments she's heard about how racist attitudes and incidents are not as prevalent in the UK, the singer offered her personal experience with discrimination amid the solidarity marches that took place across England over the weekend.

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