racism, identity and the history of the slave trade. Edinburgh -born Eunice Olumide tells her story in a BBC film that will be shared as a learning resource in schools.
The 33-year-old, who has walked the catwalk for designers including Mulberry, Christopher Kane and Harris Tweed, grew up in Wester Hailes and tells her story alongside 12-year-old English schoolboy Lore who, like Eunice, has Nigerian roots.Eunice said: “Where I grew up, there wasn’t anybody who looked like me at all.
I was probably the first black person a lot of people had met.“It was a bit difficult because I did kind of get picked on a lot because of the colour of my skin.“But I was really lucky because my mum was amazing and she believed in me and she taught me it’s so.
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