Halle Berry Claims Her School Was Racist: But Her Classmates Spoke Up

Celebrities are often speaking out about a time before fame, but not always accurately.

Halle Berry is a well-known actress of mixed race, and anyone would say that having both a white mother and a black father contributed to her beautifully colored skin, and friggin’ killer looks.

One would also think this means that she has seen what it is like to grow up in a culturally diverse environment, where race is simply irrelevant when blossoming into the person you are meant to be.

But then- you’d be wrong.

Recently, Berry commented on her high school years with barely veiled contempt, claiming that she struggled to be accepted by her ‘all white’ school and attributes that to her desire to achieve greatness. Funny thing is that Halle Berry not only went to a completely mixed race school she was a cheerleader and won prom queen her senior year. Apparently, all those acting roles have confused reality and fiction.

Her prom photo shown above clearly demonstrates the diversity of the school and proves her to be a liar. Her fellow classmates decided to speak out against her blasphemous statement.

Via IJR:

In a recent interview with People, actress Halle Berry recalled being bullied at her “all-white” high school, something she says always made her feel “less than.”

The actress said her “desire to achieve” came from trying to prove that she was as good as her white classmates:

“Because my mother was white and my father was black … we got called Oreos and names, and kids just didn’t understand, so we were different. We were the brunt of a lot of jokes. So, I think my need to please and my desire to achieve was because I was constantly trying to prove that I was as good as the other white students. I felt very ‘less than,’ and I thought, ‘If I can beat them at everything, then I can be as good as them.’”

As first reported by PJ Media, a private Facebook group called “You know you grew up in Bedford” became a hub for the dissenting opinions. Here are some of the ones PJ Media compiled:

Rachel W.: “Class of ’86 here ….. I didn’t know Halle personally so while I certainly can’t speak to her individual experience I can speak to how I looked at her and how all of my friends looked at her in high school. My female friends (black and white) and I thought she was gorgeous and wanted to look like her while my male friends (black and white) had massive crushes on her and wanted to date her. Curious also that she left out the fact she was elected Prom Queen by the entire student body, black and white.”

Rob C.: “She’s crazy, Bedford wasn’t all white. I grew up in Bedford and Bedford heights 35 years, there are plenty of black folks then and still are.”

Shannon T: “I remember everyone always being in awww of Hallie. She was always gorgeous and everyone seemed to look up to her.”

James D.: “Bullsh*t, She was in my art class at Bedford HS, I talked to her every day, she was a cheerleader too and treated like a queen! I always had respect for her until now!” […]

Erna B.: “She is not telling truth as she was Prom Queen voted by the entire class. Bedford schools have always been mix and everyone was happy was pretty friendly.”

Currently, Halle Berry is estimated to have a net worth of $70 million according to Forbes magazine. Yeah, clearly Halle Berry had a rough life as a half white/half black American and discrimination was her down fall. NOT! Instead of being proud and embracing both of her sides, Halle played the race card and sticks primarily to her black roots. How is that not considered racist?