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Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock breaks down over having to work ’10 times as hard’ because of her race

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supports HTML5 videoLeigh-Anne Pinnock has shared an impassioned message with fans, to help them understand how her experience in Little Mix has been different to the rest of the band due to the colour of her skin.

The singer broke down as she spoke out about her experiences with racism, revealing she was told in the early days of the band that she would have always have to work ’10 times as hard’ as the others because she is the ‘black girl’.

She explained: ‘There comes a point in every black human’s life, no matter how much money you have or what you have achieved, you realise racism does not exclude you. ‘Nine years ago, after joining Little Mix, I had the biggest awakening of my life. ‘When we were filming Wings, we worked with Frank.

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