When Remo D'Souza faced racism

Ace choreographer and director, Remo D’Souza recently opened up on facing racism. Remo, who underwent a heart surgery in December last year, says, “I have faced racism and prejudice due to my skin colour ever since my childhood. It is a subject that I have dealt with very closely and experienced it whenever I travelled abroad. When I was growing up, people used to call me names. I used to just ignore it because I thought that maybe they are saying it because I look a certain way.”

The super judge of Star Plus’ reality show, Dance Plus, adds, “Eventually, when I grew up, I understood that this was wrong and the fact that I was letting them call me these names was even worse! Now, I stand up for it and won’t take it from anyone. I also think those comments on my skin colour pushed me to become who I am today so that no one could ever call me those names again. But racism still exists; go to a small town or village and it is there.”