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The systems and services there to support you are letting you down. We need big solutions and a Government brave enough to take bold action for young people. Mental health ranks as one of two top concerns for young people right now. Share your story and together we are going to make the new Government listen. Tell them how it really is for young people today. Explore the full range of stories , or check out the latest below. We know from speaking to Disabled young people that they are more disproportionately affected by mental health struggles. That's why we worked together with Black Disabled young people and content creators to produce content that is honest, real and personal to their experiences. Our website is full of advice and information to give young people the tools to look after their mental health.

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As a child of Indian immigrants growing up in white suburban Connecticut, I was the only brown kid in school for most of my early childhood. Constant race-based microaggressions and straight-up bullying in elementary school taught me that my Indian identity brought ridicule and shame at the hands of my white peers. No one could pronounce my name, and both kids and teachers found humor in butchering it. We had statues of Hindu deities in our home, I knew no Bible stories, and I had never been skiing. By middle school, after years of being laughed at for being different, I knew that in order to survive socially, I needed to move as far as possible from anything Indian, so I chose to assimilate and render myself as culturally white as possible.

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At five, the hip-hop poet was racially abused at school. Could his mother ever really understand? O ne day in , at the age of five, I returned home from school upset. My mum tried to work out why but I was reluctant to tell her. After some coaxing, I told her that a boy in the playground had called me a particularly nasty name. As I was about to spill the beans, a strange thing occurred.

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What a Black man discovered when he met the White mother he never knew

Phoebe Gates has condemned racist comments she receives about her boyfriend, who is Black, while opening up about the downsides of social media fame. Gates, 20, the youngest daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates , spoke candidly about her TikTok popularity during an interview with The Information. The Stanford University student has more than 64, followers on TikTok, where she goes by the username phoebegates , and where she often posts videos featuring her famous parents. During the interview, Gates, whose billionaire parents divorced in after 27 years of marriage, also revealed that she is aware most of her followers follow her because of her last name.

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