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I was racist when young: Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney said that he was racist when he was young, but he did not realise it.

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Paul McCartney said that he was racist when he was young, but he did not realise it and people from his generation were unwittingly using language that wouldn’t be acceptable today.

Beatles star Paul McCartney says he was racist when he was young, but he did not realise it.

The Beatles legend has said many people from his generation used language that wouldn’t be acceptable today

McCartney said people from his generation were unwittingly using language that wouldn’t be acceptable today, reported Daily Mirror.

Speaking about words he used in his youth, the singer said in an interview to Event magazine, “When I was a kid, you were racist without knowing it. It was just the normal thing to use certain words you wouldn’t use now. Along the way we suddenly realised how it would make the people you were talking about feel.

“The someone points out ‘Well that’s denigrating… you know in my case black people,’ and then the penny dropped. And I think that happened for a lot of people. Certainly a lot of people in my generation used language you wouldn’t use now.”

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