Mel B finds it “insulting” when people tell her they don’t see her skin colour, because she feels it “denies” her “identity”.The Spice Girls star has battled racism since the very start of her life, when she faced racial slurs while going to school in Leeds, England.
And opening up about the effect of such bullying during an interview with Britain’s Daily Star newspaper, Mel explained that while some comments were outrightly cruel, others are well-meant but inadvertently racist.“So much of the racism you feel as a person of colour growing up in a largely white culture is not spoken aloud,” she said. “If you are attacked or if someone calls you a name, you know then how they feel about you.
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