Corinne Bailey Rae racially abused · Sep 28, 07:13 AM by The Englishman
Corinne in a recent interview revealed that as a child she was consistantly racially abused, what makes this case even more sad is that the verbal assualts thrown at her were partially due to people mistaking her as someone of Pakistani ancestory.
She was brought up in the quiet town of Leeds, England and her mother was white and her father was black but originally came from the Caribbean not the middle east.
But being the strong woman that she is she quickly learned how to deal with the verbal attacks.
Corinne Bailey Rae says, “My sisters and I were different and people used to say, ‘Ah, aren’t they cute, the little chocolate children, and look at their hair.’ I know they were only being cute but it was over the top.
“Then people from other schools would shout, ‘Paki’ to me because it was the most common racist insult of the time. At least if you’re going to do it, get it right. I used to shout back, ‘But my dad isn’t from Pakistan, he’s from St Kitts – so there.’
“It does really shake and shock you when you are young. Things have changed now. People are more accepting.”
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