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We were called Oreos: Halle Berry on facing racism in school

Actor Halle Berry said being a biracial child, it was tough for her to be in an all-white school. The…

We were called Oreos: Halle Berry on facing racism in school

Halle Berry (Photo: Facebook)

Actor Halle Berry said being a biracial child, it was tough for her to be in an all-white school.

The actor said she was often bullied for being a mixed- race child.

The Oscar-winning actor was moved out of her neighbourhood school by her mother because of the violence.

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While the change of the school saved her from the danger, it ended disrupting her normal life.

"Because my mother was white and my father was black …

we got called Oreos and names, and kids just didn't understand, so we were different. We were the brunt of a lot of jokes.

"So, I think my need to please and my desire to achieve was because I was constantly trying to prove that I was as good as the other white students. I felt very 'less than,' and I thought, 'If I can beat them at everything, then I can be as good as them."

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