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When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men.

— Bruce Beresford

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

— Eddie Huang

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

— Shawn Amos

Black culture is something I don't relate to much at all.

— Dennis Rodman

I was raised in Nigeria, and my mother is white, but I never saw her as white, not until I came to America. She was just my mother. She didn't really have a color.

— Jidenna

Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.

— Julian Casablancas

We were raised very colour blind. I had gone to school and to camp for so long with white people, I think I was like 15 years old before I realised I was black.

— Ilyasah Shabazz

I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.

— Wale

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

— Hugh Masekela

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up on the coast of England in the '70s. My dad is white from Cornwall, and my mom is black from Zimbabwe. Even the idea of us as a family was challenging to most people.

— Thandie Newton

I grew up in an all-white community.

— Gayle King