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Home and Away star Sarah Roberts has shared her experience of racism growing up in Australia as a woman of Sri Lankan heritage.
The actress, 37, who stars in the new comedy film Wog Boys Forever, told The Herald Sun, said she is no stranger to receiving racist remarks.
'I can relate to feeling excluded – growing up, I got called really hurtful names,' she recalled.
Home and Away star Sarah Roberts has shared her experience of racism growing up in Australia as a woman of Sri Lankan heritage
'This film [Wog Boys Forever] brings back a sense of pride for people who have felt excluded.'
Back in 2018, Sarah penned a gut-wrenching open letter to her younger self that detailed her horrific battle with racism.
'The thing is Sar, as you grow up, a lot of people are going to make fun of you for the colour of your skin,' she wrote in the letter, which was published in New Idea magazine.
'I can relate to feeling excluded – growing up, I got called really hurtful names,' she told The Herald Sun this week
'They are going to call you names like 'poo-face', 'curry-muncher,' 'chipolata
