He did not even hesitate to admit that his student years were perhaps the most traumatic and difficult part of his life.
Lewis Hamilton, the current Formula 1 champion, was a victim of racist attacks during his childhood. As he revealed speaking on the “On Purpose” podcast, during his school years, he was often verbally and physically abused by his classmates who bullied him. they pushed him, threatened him but even threw bananas at him.
He did not even hesitate to admit that his student years were perhaps the most traumatic and difficult part of his life.
“I was already being bullied at the age of six. In that particular school, I was one of three colored kids and just some bigger, stronger, kids bullied me by pushing me, throwing me down a lot of times,” he described.
The seven-time Formula 1 champion described a series of racially abusive terms he was called at school.
“At my school there were six or seven black kids out of 1,200 kids and three of us were outside the principal’s office all the time. I really felt like the system was against me and I was “swimming” against it. There were a lot of things I was repressing inside of me. I didn’t feel like I could go home and tell my parents that these kids kept calling me nigger, or that I was being bullied or beaten up at school today. I didn’t want my dad to think I wasn’t strong,” said the multiple F1 champion.
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