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*Racism continues to be a presence in the lives of many people.

During an appearance on the OWN Network’s “Where Are They Now” with her sister, Tia Mowry-Hardrict , Tamera Mowry-Housely spoke on the racism she’s encountered.

According to the former “Sister, Sister” star, her marriage to and Fox News correspondent Adam Housley has been the catalyst for a lot of the comments directed at her.

“I’ve never experienced so much hate ever in my life. I get called, ‘White man’s (expletive),’ the new one, ‘Back in the day, you cost $300 but now you’re giving it to ‘em for free,’” an emotional Mowry-Housely said on the program in between tears. “Stuff that, me as a person, could never even fathom. I can’t even think of these words.”

Mowry-Housely, who is bi-racial, and her husband, a white man, have been married since 2011. In regards to dating, color was never an issue for “The Real” talk show host and her twin sister, Mowry-Hardrict. Despite this, many negatively stereotyped Mowry-Housely’s choice of man in light of Mowry-Hardrict marrying a black man.

“I grew up seeing a family. I didn’t grow up seeing, ‘ooh a blank with a white person!’ So it’s very shocking to go through this,” Mowry-Housely, said on “Where Are They Now.” “This was the big one. They say, ‘Oh Tia’s a true black woman because she married a black man.’ Oh? I’m lesser of a black person because I married white?”

Source Eurweb.com