Kasmuel shares most hurtful words spoken to him

Musician turned human rights activist and political commentator Kasmuel McOure is opening about on how being publicly shamed helped him overcome the concept of shame itself.

In a video shared on his Instagram page, Kasmuel whose moniker is Kaskazini, got candid about being body shamed and having the hue of his skin being used as an insult while he was in high school.

The now audacious activist notes that as much as the attacks stung and clung onto him for a while, with time he learned to lay everything down and love himself as he was, unapologetically. 

Recounting the incident that rocked him to his core the Gen Z activist bent on holding politicians accountable said, "I had big compound eyes with no afro style on my head to balance things and my face was also not chubby. when this girl who had come for benchmarking at our school shamed me." 

Kasmuel used to seat near a window. At the time of the incident, he was lost in a daze eyeing a certain beautiful girl in their class. When suddenly, he was put in the spotlight.

"The classroom got hot, and randomly a girl from the back said; 'can someone tell that black ugly thing to open the window!' Can you imagine?" The political activist said animatedly as he walked down memory lane.

Those words hung around him and as a young boy a wounded Kasmuel went as far as trying to change his appearance.

"It was very crazy and that was so hateful to me, and I really struggled with it. I started using fair and handsome because I wanted to be lighter. After that girl said that that was very hurtful to me," the pianist added. 

Luckily for Kasmuel he wears many hats as he's incredibly talented. These talents, such as being the school's best swimmer, earned him popularity and with time, his accomplishments and having adoring 'fans' Kasmuel stopped caring about how he looks.

And how others look as well. To him the physical appearance was a nonissue. 

"Some parts of my shame were deconstructed after the shame," he added. 

Finishing up Kasmuel highlighted the importance of being kind to people as he pointed out how men also struggle with body shaming urging people to start teaching their young ones about acceptance when they're young. 

"Men struggle much with colourism and we should work on it starting from an early age. When you tell someone, you are ugly, you are fat, and you have a big forehead, it's not good." McOure stated. 

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