Loose Women panellist Charlene White.The 42-year-old, who was born in Greenwich, London, has always been vocal about matters that are important to her, and her tweet on September 27 discussing her treatment as a black woman growing up in London was no different.ITV News anchor Charlene White tweeted: “For most of my childhood I dealt with other kids calling me a ‘Bounty’ cos of the way I spoke, and dealt with adults mocking what they called my ‘posh’ accent.“Their point?
I wasn’t black enough.“Black British people are not a monolith. Despite what people may want you to think.”Her strongly worded tweet detailing her personal experience came after Labour MP Rupa Huq was administratively suspended pending an investigation after she claimed that Kwasi Kwarteng was "superficially" black.The MP for Ealing Central and Acton made the remarks about the UK's first black chancellor at a Labour conference fringe event on Monday entitled "What's Next for Labour's Agenda on Race?".Having apologised for her “ill-judged” comments, the conversation surrounding Rupa’s words has continued, with members of the public and celebrities like Charlene bravely sharing their own experiences.Having gained more than 3,000 likes on the tweet and 347 retweets, many users also took to the comments section to react to Charlene's personal insight.User @sharlouise commented: “The amount of times at school I got called a coconut then in adulthood got told ‘you don’t sound black’ ‘you don’t act black’ ‘you don’t look black’ it’s so draining.”Another Twitter user, @newneo, added: “Yep, used to get told I wasn’t black enough because of some of the things I liked.
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