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Love Island’s Jack Fowler says growing up with a black father was ‘powerful insight into racism’

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Love Island star Jack Fowler has opened up about how he was “treated differently” when people learned that his father is black.Former footballer Fowler, 24, said that growing up with a black father gave him “a powerful insight into what racism really is” in a heartfelt post shared on Instagram.Writing alongside a smiling photo of him and his father, the former reality star, who appeared on Love Island in 2018, explained how his grandparents arrived in London from St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean “just after the Windrush.”He said had been educated about the slave trade “from a young age” as his ancestors “were slaves on their home island.”“My grandad was one of the first hundred to arrive just after the Windrush on the RMS St Helena.

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