Leigh-Anne Pinnock is opening up about the racism she's faced being 'the black girl' in LittleMix.
Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock Reads Emotional Letter About Facing Racism as the 'Black Girl' of the GroupLittle Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock is opening up about the racism she's faced while being part of theIn a video she posted to Instagram on Friday, the 28-year-old singer emotionally talked about some of the experiences she's had with the group, which formed in 2011 during the eighth season of the British version of.
"There comes a point in every black human's life, no matter how much money you have or what you have achieved, you realize racism does not exclude you," she says."Nine years ago after joining Little Mix, I had the biggest awakening of my life." "Never in my life had someone told me that I would need to work harder because of my race," she says."Later on, what Frank Gatson said made sense. I learned that the dream of being in the biggest girl band in the world came with its flaws and consequences. Consequences such as knowing about the existent underlying racism in the creative industries."
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