Lionel Richie’s Daughter Sofia Says People Say Racist Stuff Around Her Not Knowing She’s BlackPosted in Articles, Arts, Media Archive, United States on 2016-12-07 01:46Z by Steven |
Lionel Richie’s Daughter Sofia Says People Say Racist Stuff Around Her Not Knowing She’s Black
The Root
2016-12-06
Yesha Callahan, Senior Editor
 Sofia Richie during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 11, 2016 Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images |
The model spoke about the racism she’s subjected to because people don’t see her as a black woman.
Lionel Richie’s daughter Sofia has made a name for herself in the fashion industry, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t subjected to everyday racism. Especially when people forget that she’s actually black.
“I’m very light, so some people don’t really know that I’m black,” Sofia Richie, 18, said in an interview with Complex. “I’ve been in situations where people will say something kind of racist, and I’ll step in and they’ll be like, ‘Oh, well, you’re light.’”
And it’s those statements that might cause her to go off…
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