‘Bake Off’ star Nadiya Hussain tweets sombre message on racist abuse she faces

The final episode of Great British Bake Off, the nation’s favourite show, is almost here and for a past winner, Nadiya Hussain, this is a time for sombre reflection. 

Hussain — who unfortunately had to witness Mashable UK’s decorating skills last year — tweeted a message which is both sad and defiant about the abuse she had to face after winning the show in 2015. 

“I get abuse for merely existing,” she wrote with the hashtag #peace. “Too brown to be English. Too Muslim to be British. Too Bengali to eat fish fingers! There is no end!” Read more…

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