Mixed-race in the UK: 'I can choose which team to support at the World Cup'

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Being mixed-race means I can choose at World Cup Elouan, 10, says he likes having a mixed background, but feels like he is different from his peers.

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'One time someone called me grey' Mixed-race sisters Monifa and Naima discuss what it's like growing up half-Nigerian, half-English.

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'I was banned from PE for having big hair' Tillie, 15, says being mixed race has made her stronger but there have been some difficult moments.

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'She's so pretty, she looks like me' South African toy maker Khulile Vilakazi Ofosu creates a diverse range of dolls to reflect real life.

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'Not black enough, not white enough' Many in South Africa's coloured (mixed-race) community complain of being marginalised for their ethnicity.

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'Afro hair is what we were born with' Abena Hagan hopes to inspire Afro-Caribbean women to embrace their identities by accepting natural hair.

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'Black women want to see themselves in art' French-Congolese artist Nicholle Kobi draws empowering images of black women, the kind she wishes she had seen growing up.

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'I draw women because they suffer a lot' Sheillah Sheldone Charles draws, models, and is a designer. And she's just nine years old.

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