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This Article is From Jul 30, 2012

Chris Rock was bullied in school for being the only black student

Chris Rock was bullied in school for being the only black student
New Delhi: Chris Rock had "water balloons with p**s" thrown at him when he went to school.

The 47-year-old comedian - who has been married to Malaak Compton-Rock for 15 years - admits his school life was not easy and he was bullied constantly in the early 1970s for being the only black person at his educational establishment.

He said: "I was bussed to a school in Gerristen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school. There were parents with signs, 'N****r go home'. For all intents and purposes the United States had been practicing apartheid until 1968. I was spit on every day. I had water balloons with p**s thrown at me. I was f**king Carrie."

Bullying was not his only problem as a youngster, he also came close to a career in crack cocaine dealing.

He added to Details magazine: "I never did crack, but my friends did. It was the craziest s**t. One summer, me and a friend had a plan to sell crack. It was no different than getting a paper route or my aunt who sold Avon."

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