The Ukip parliamentary candidate in Great Yarmouth is challenging the perception of racism in her party.
Speaking at a hustings event at East Coast College in Great Yarmouth, Catherine Blaiklock showed the audience a framed photograph of herself with her husband.
In her introductory remarks, she told the youngsters she had a Jamaican husband and added that her first husband was from Nepal and her two children were half-Nepalese.
MORE: College students quiz election candidatesMrs Blaiklock said she wanted to dispel a negative image of her party.
As an organisation, Ukip has been dogged by scandals involving racism.
All the way back in 2006, the then Conservative leader of the opposition David Cameron infamously called Ukip a party of 'fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists.'
He drew criticism from the then Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, who demanded an apology, which he never received.
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