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172. I became a gang member after suffering racist abuse

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Not Every White Person in England Is Racist

Lennox: The only thing that saved me from growing up with a chip on my shoulder and hating every white person was I had good neighbours. Growing up around, so you've got gangs in the neighborhood who are mostly white kids looking for ethnic minorities. If they see us, they would attack us. Bloody hell. And then at school, that's going on. The teachers have been, what must you, how did you feel growing up in that environment? And what did you think of white people at the time? Well initially, I was so angry and hurt. And I hated what was happening to me.

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