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African Americans are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. The phrase generally refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.

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Keisha of the Sugababes joined as a teenager, and scored her first Top 10 hit at the Age Of 15 -

Pop star Keisha Buchanan has spoken of the "trauma" they experienced as the only black member of the Sugababes .

The Singer , who was a member of the platinum-selling Girl Group for More Than a decade, said she was often portrayed as the "Bully " that had The Other members fear.

"I have never said someone being bullied in My Life , [but] after a while, I felt like No One would believe me," She Said .

The 35-year-old added that the "monitoring and assessment" had left her In Therapy .

The negative stereotype of the "angry black woman" has its roots in the 19Th Century in America, when minstrel shows with comic skits and vaudeville acts, ridicule African-Americans was very popular.

Black women were often played by white men painted their faces black, and pulled the fat suits "look, less than human, unfeminine, ugly," Blair Kelley, associate professor of history at North Carolina State University

"your main type of interaction with The Men around you was shout and fight and get angry, irrationally so, in response to the circumstances around you," she added.

The trope was used against prominent black women such as Serena Williams and Michelle Obama in the last few years.

Buchanan opens up about her experiences in a 14-minute YouTube video.

"I always thought racism, if someone looked at you and called you a racist word. I didn't know that there are so many different ways that a person or persons to be racist or prejudice," She Said .

But after she found fame as a teenager, she began to notice that newspaper articles paint would you as "aggressive," "nasty" and a "Bully ".

Sugababes went through several line-ups, but The Most successful was (L-R) Keisha Buchanan , Heidi Range and Mutya Buena

Speaking on her YouTube channel, The Singer said she had often take the blame for line-up changes in the Sugababes .

"We would have said fall-outs, like most teenage girls, but unfortunately, if a member were to leave, it was a salty note," Buchanan.

"That would be written to the experience, in a way, me and Mutya [Buena, who is of Filipino-Irish descent] are looking for aggressive, like the Bully .

the newspaper articles were always "in favor of the white girl," she added. "I was not allowed to be sad, I was not allowed to have an opinion. "

you cited an article, with the sub-headline: "Keisha Buchanan responded angrily to tabloid reports about bullying Amelle Berrabah . "

"first of all, I was never angry. I was hurt, and I was confused," She Said , "[But] the phrase "Keisha responds in anger' allows people an image in my head of me, The Angry black woman. "

The Star said that the experience left her "fragile" and "do serious damage To My trust".

"On A Level where you feel that much control in your life, then leads you into depression. "

"No casualties,"

Buchanan video came after within a mixed-race band.

"My Reality was a lonely, while touring predominantly white countries, in which I sing fans don' T See Me , don 'T hear me, don \ 'T cheer me on"), Pinnock said.

"My Reality is constantly feeling like I don't have to work 10 times harder and longer, My Case is in The Group , because my talent alone is not enough. "

Both stars said they hoped to discuss their stories would be the awareness of discrimination, in response to the recent Black Lives matter protests and.

"I'll not do this video for sympathy," said Buchanan. "I'm not a victim, but I've been hurt and I want to. to a change in perspective, like the rest of us"

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racism, black interest, bullying, music

Source of news: bbc.com

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