Leigh-Anne Pinnock of Little Mix is sharing her own heartbreaking story about racism. The singer, 28, detailed her experiences in a video posted on Friday, revealing that she feels “the least favoured” of the British girl group. “There comes a point in every Black human’s life… you realize racism does not exclude you.
Nine years ago, after joining Little Mix, I had the biggest awakening of my life,” Pinnock said. “When we were filming ‘Wings,’ we worked with Frank Gatson.
He said to me ‘you are the Black girl, you have to work ten times harder.’ Never in my life had someone told me I would need to work harder because of my race.” RELATED: Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock Is Engaged “My reality was feeling lonely while touring predominantly
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