"I was just deflated. I didn't know exactly what to think about it at the moment," she says of her first encounter with racism as a five-year-old. "That's when we had a, you know, when she started talking to me about the fact that I am now at this overwhelmingly white place and many of the people I'm going to be around are likely growing up ... they're going to be parroting those things back."
Today, we dig into the fascinating life of someone Malcolm knows very well: fellow Pushkin host Justin Richmond. Malcolm and Justin talk about being the product of biracial marriages, surviving racist bullies, and Justin's chance dinner with a megastar that changed his life.
Justin created his newest show, Started from the Bottom, to talk with successful people who grew up as outsiders about how they made it against the odds. Origin stories of mostly men and women of color and brilliant people who others counted out. How they climbed their way up the ladder, and the obstacles they overcame along the way.
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