Olympian Tessa Sanderson, 65, 明らかにする／漏らすs she has talked to her eight-year-old twins about 人種差別主義 and their 採択 to 準備する them for 'hurtful' comments in the 未来

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British Olympian Tessa Sanderson has 明らかにする／漏らすd she sat 負かす／撃墜する her eight-year-old twins to explain the 黒人／ボイコット Lives 事柄 抗議するs because she is aware they may 苦しむ 人種差別主義者 乱用 in the 未来.

The sportswoman, 65, 可決する・採択するd brother and sister Cassius and Ruby Mae seven years ago when they were four months old and she was 58.???

They are mixed race, with Irish and Jamaican 遺産, and were 厳しく ill 最初 because their parents were 麻薬 使用者s.?

Tessa said she made sure that she explained their ethnicity to them because she is aware people might make cruel comments 関係のある to their 遺産 in the 未来.

British Olympian Tessa Sanderson, 65, has 明らかにする／漏らすd that she has sat her eight-year-old twins 負かす／撃墜する and explained 人種差別主義 and the 黒人／ボイコット Lives 事柄 抗議するs to them

Tessa, a six-time Olympic javelin 星／主役にする whose career spanned 20 years, said: 'They do realise that ethnicity can be a problem because they're darker than a lot of people.

'They are aware of 人種差別主義 and they do know about 人種差別主義 and I'm glad they do know.

'We have talked to them about the colour of their 肌. And I say, "You know what, if you do get called 指名するs and things like that, if it 傷つけるs you, come home and talk to Mummy or you talk to your teacher about it."

'I'd tell them, "Don't ever 裁判官 people by the colour of their 肌" - straight up, like that.'

She went on: 'When the 黒人／ボイコット Lives 事柄 marches were on and they asked, "Why's that happening Mummy?" and I would explain.

'We talked about unfairness 同様に. All this different language is what me and my husband use to our kids to make them understand.

The javelin 星／主役にする and her husband, judo Olympian Densign White, 59, 可決する・採択するd brother and sister Cassius and Ruby Mae, who have Irish and Jamaican 遺産, seven years ago when they were four months old

'We have always taught them that you may get some 指名する-calling, you may get people 説, even about 採択, "Oh they're not your real mummy and daddy", they understand all of that.'

Tessa underwent three 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs of failed IVF before the age of 50. She and her husband, judo Olympian Densign White, 59, decided to 可決する・採択する because Tessa longed to be a mother.

Tessa arrived in Britain as a six-year-old child a year after her Windrush parents left Jamaica to look for work.

The family settled in Wednesfield, West Midlands, and Tessa went on to become the first 黒人／ボイコット British woman to 勝利，勝つ an Olympic gold after her 69.56-metre javelin 勝利 at the 1984 games in Los Angeles, US.

She is also the first Briton to 代表する her country at six オリンピック and is still the only person, man or woman, to 勝利，勝つ a throwing gold for GB.

Tessa was the first 黒人／ボイコット British woman to 勝利，勝つ an Olympic gold after her 69.56-metre javeline 勝利 at the 1984 games in Los Angeles

She said 可決する・採択するing Cassius and Ruby Mae made her world 完全にする, but the 移行 hasn't been without some 強調する／ストレスs.

Tessa said someone had already told the twins that she and Densign 'weren't their real mum and dad', but the children were 用意が出来ている as she had explained that they were 可決する・採択するd when they were four or five years old.

Tessa, who lives in London, said: 'Somebody said that in the playground, but they were 罰金 because by then they knew about 採択 and to them it didn't 事柄. Because as far as they're 関心d we are their mummy and daddy.'

She said Cassius had begun reading texts by ツバメ Luther King and Nelson Mandela, 追加するing:?'When I talk about 人種差別主義 to my kids it's not just about 存在 黒人／ボイコット or white, I have even taken them 支援する to Windrush Days and I said there were things written on the 塀で囲む that 黒人／ボイコット people were not 許すd here and they'd ask, "井戸／弁護士席 why Mummy?" and I'd say "井戸／弁護士席 that's the way some people are, some people can be very hurtful".

'I've said people should be 扱う／治療するd 平等に, on a level. I've said to them that some people just don't like the colour of other people's 肌 and it shouldn't be like that.

Tessa said?said 可決する・採択するing Cassius and Ruby Mae made her world 完全にする, but the 移行 hasn't been without some 強調する／ストレスs, as a child in the playground told them they weren't their 'real parents', but she had already told the twins about their 採択

'I said be proud of your 肌 and be proud of what you do and it has driven home to them, it's given them the 力／強力にする to realise that they might be a little bit different colour from other people but inside they're 承認する.

'I don't know in the 未来 if they will have a problem, but what I'm 公正に／かなり 確信して about is that they would 演説（する）／住所 that problem in the 権利 way and hopefully they will have the 信用／信任 to find the 権利 things to do about it.

'I tell them I'm proud of 存在 me and you must be proud of 存在 you whatever the consequences. We talk about the hard truth. I say to them that there are a lot of people that are jealous, unkind, don't want to 扱う／治療する you 公正に／かなり and this is what happens, but as long as you take onboard your education and your 信用／信任 and 尊敬（する）・点 other people's 肌 colour then life will be a little bit better.'

Tessa and Densign's 採択 旅行 also wasn't 平易な, as they were turned 負かす／撃墜する for a five-year-old girl before the twins. And when Cassius and Ruby Mae joined their family, they had to have HIV 実験（する）s 予定 to their parents' background.

But Tessa says 存在 an older mother has helped her be a better one - and she 述べるs 採択 as 'brilliant'.

She said 存在 an older mother has helped her to be a better one and is now modelling into her 60s, enjoys motivational speaking and hopes to do more TV 現在のing in the 未来 (pictured: Tessa winning the gold メダル in the Women's Javelin event in 1984)?

She is now modelling into her 60s, enjoys motivational speaking and hopes to do more TV 現在のing in the 未来, 特に with the 連邦／共和国 Games coming to Birmingham in 2022.

She 追加するd: 'Bringing my children into my word has really made my life 完全にする. I knew I couldn't have children, there were always children around in my family and I got downhearted.

'I thought 採択 is what I really want to do and it's brought a l ot of happiness to me, even more 信用／信任 I've got 支援する, it's made me feel younger. It's lovely to go 今後 and create your world.

'My 団体／死体's in good nick, I feel 広大な／多数の／重要な, my husband is 肯定的な so I've got the support there, I am healthy enough. Age isn't a 障壁. Do I feel different from 35? Yes of course I 血まみれの do.

'But I'm a lot more 確信して even in myself and over 50 started all of that. I jog three times a week, I 演習 with my kids when I want to. I really keep myself healthy. I'm not 25 or 35 but I don't have to be.'