"I never felt that I belonged anywhere, even today I don't know where Ibelong," says Karen, who is of mixed heritage but brought up by Whiteadoptive parents in a very White area.
She explains what it was like. "I was brought up as White and my parentsthought they were protecting me by telling me I was White. But I knew Ihad a darker skin and no-one ever said that I looked like my mum or dad,though when I looked in the mirror I didn't see colour, I only sawKaren." She adds: "Outside home I was branded a Paki, and there was alot of prejudice at school. When I did begin to find out that part of mewas Asian I didn't handle it very well; you see I just didn't know whata coloured person was."
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