Current Events > Priyanka Chopra: "I was bullied in high school for being brown"

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https://people.com/tv/priyanka-chopra-bullied-for-her-race-in-high-school/

Priyanka Chopra may have been born in India, but the actress and former Miss World pageant winner spent her teenage years at American high schools, where the Baywatch star revealed she endured countless racist bullying during her younger years.

The 36-year-old spoke with the Associated Press last Friday, May 11, and detailed her unpleasant experiences while studying at American high schools with fellow classmates singling her out because of her skin tone.

I was treated differently because Im brown, Chopra told AP. I had, you know, really racist behavior when I was in high school in 10th grade. I was called Brownie, Curry, [told to] go back on the elephant you came on, and that really affected me when I was a kid and affected my self-esteem.

Priyanka:






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Leave Deepak's daughter alone

I'm glad she didn't let those bullies stop her from being successful.
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Go cry into your pile of money Priyanka

This is like the 100th bully story shes had.

Did she lighten her skin?

Now youre rich and famous so stfu.
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Lots of people get bullied for the way they look, and then go on to lead shitty lives.
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What's wrong with those people? Brown girls are the best. I'm an Asian and im put off by those Asian girls who constantly try to make their skin as white as possible. Brown girls are the best.


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Look. I was bullied by bullies. You know, them. They bullied me.
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