Delroy Lindo
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
My mom arrived into England in 1951.
I was born very soon thereafter.
And because my mom was studying to be a nurse, they would not allow her to have an infant child with her on campus.
So as a result of that, I was sent to live with a white family in a white working class area of London.
No, no, I lived with them.
I lived with them.
Very loving family, by the way.
I was cared for.
But as a result of living with this family in this all-white neighborhood, I went to an all-white elementary or primary school.
And I was literally the only black child in an all-white school.
So one afternoon after school, I was playing with one of my playmates.
I thought he was a playmate.
And we had exchanged garments.
I was wearing his sweater.
I had it tied around my neck, and he was wearing...
My sweater or my jacket tied around his neck.
And we were pretending to be superheroes, right?
And we were on this patch of grass and we had our hands out like Superman.
We were flying.