He was bullied for being mixed thanks to his white dad

Even though Marley didn't boast of his English ancestry, he was teased at school and in his community. His father was a white British naval commander named Norval Sinclair Marley, who was in his 60s at the time; the dreadlocked man in his native country referred to him as "White Boy." Cedella had nine more years on him. Bob was bullied despite having mixed skin tones and being known as "White Boy" by his neighbors due to his complexion.

Carrying the blood of his white father, Bob was stigmatized and discriminated from a young age, when he went to school he was estranged, despised and avoided by his friends. The teachers at school have always tried to help him integrate and not be hated. He realizes that and is always brave to face them, he neither hates his father nor does he hate the blood flowing in him.