Lewis Hamilton details a vicious racist attack he suffered as a child and how the abuse affected him as a young racer. gave or clarified.
Hamilton, who is a seven-time world Formula 1champion, had to overcome more barriers than most people to get into the sport in the first place. did not. In his early years, he had to demonstrate his abilities while dealing with the prejudices that he and his family faced.
The Briton has previously opened up about the abuse he suffered from other racing rivals. An old report from theBBCrecently reprinted showed that he spoke when he was about 12 years old.
But in a new interview withVanity Fair, Hamilton reveals that racism didn't always come in the form of verbal abuse. Once, when I was just 11 or 12 years old, I was walking to a store in Newcastle, daydreaming, when two people attacked me, knocked me to the ground, and kicked me while yelling "Go home!" was given.
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``I didn't understand it at all. When you are being attacked, there is this fear – there is fear and you want them back because of the pain they are causing you, so anger too.
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Getty Images)Hamilton felt he could not even talk to his parents for fear they would say he was too sweet. And my father, I was probably too scared to tell him, I didn't want him to think I couldn't defend myself, I was alone in my room crying
To this day, Hamilton remains an avid supporter of racial equality and celebrates his African roots. enthusiastic about it. A summer vacation on the continent, aMercedes racer's journey, he says was a "grounding experience" that helped him "gain a new perspective on life."
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