Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?

Who Was Michael X? by BBC

Aug 24, 202228:31History

Born in the midst of empire, Michael grows up conflicted, raised by a mother indoctrinated to loath her own skin colour. We examine this identity crisis within a historical context that reaches out to touch us in the pre...

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