Bharti Dhir describes how her dual Indian-African heritage was 'looked down on' when she was a child.
By Minreet KaurA woman abandoned as a newborn baby by a roadside in Uganda has recalled the "stigma" of growing up as an adopted child in the 1960s and 1970s.
"Growing up a lot of people in school would say 'you know that's not your real family' - this was hurtful as my parents never wanted me to feel I was any different to their other children."'An insult' Arriving in the UK the family were among the refugees housed at a camp at Newbury, but she experienced the same prejudices.
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