Even Rihanna is unable to escape the world of racism.
In an interview in the upcoming issue of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the 27 year old pop star, opened up about what it was like moving to the United States and experiencing racism for the first after living in Barbados.
“You know, when I started to experience the difference — or even have my race be highlighted — it was mostly when I would do business deals,” she tells interviewer Miranda July.
In fact, Rihanna revealed that she continues to face race issues today.
“And, you know, that never ends, by the way. It’s still a thing,” she said. “And it’s the thing that makes me want to prove people wrong. It almost excites me; I know what they’re expecting and I can’t wait to show them that I’m here to exceed those expectations.”
Rihanna also opened up on what it was like leaving home when she was so young, something she doesn’t think she could ever let her child do, even though she is glad her mother had faith in her.
“That’s something I don’t think I could ever do,” she said. “Send my only girl to another random country to live with people she’d just met. It had to be God that paralyzed [my mother] Monica Fenty’s emotions so that she’d say, ‘Yes, go.’ To this day, I don’t know how that happened. But thank God it did.”
Rihanna also noted that when she stands up for herself, that’s when she makes her mother proud. “She’s always impressed when she sees me being a little sassy or sharp, when she sees me defending myself,” the singer said. “It makes her feel safe, like she doesn’t have to worry about me.”
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