Who’s lying – Halle, or her former schoolmates? There’s a high possibility the answer is, neither side is lying.

Halle probably did feel like she was “less than” in a world that oftentimes told her she was never good enough for her Black side, nor her White. She also probably did, in fact, experience some form of racism from her peers.

From her schoolmates standpoint, they, too, are probably speaking their truths -keyword being ‘their.’ It’s not always easy to see the pain that lies within the soul of a person, especially when that person’s way of fighting that pain, is by becoming an overachiever- at EVERYTHING, just like Halle did in school and beyond. That can create an illusion to the outside world, but not a true transparency.

Moral of the story: Just like the old school saying goes, ‘we should never judge a book by it’s cover.’