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Mariah Carey denounced the racist attitude of a "person" whom her 9-year-old son, Moroccan, considered "a friend".
“Rocky was harassed the other day by a white supremacist person he thought was his friend.
That's crazy.
So that's the world we live in, ”she told
Andy Cohen's
Watch What Happens Live show
.
She was a victim of racism herself as a child, an experience she recounts in her recently released memoir,
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
.
The interpreter of
Hero
reads certain passages to her children, to explain to them what she went through.
"Humiliation"
"I read them chapters that help illustrate my experiences with racism and how they can gain a better understanding of it and, ultimately, have a better reservoir with which to handle this kind of situation on their own," he said. she adds.
The star also explained that racism "became a subject of humiliation" for her when she was a child, especially when she found herself harassed by a group of girls.
An event that she details in her book and that her daughter, Monroe, read.
“I gave her to read and she was so adorable.
She said to me "Mom, these girls, they must be feeling too bad now. I'm sure they would like to be your friend," "concluded Mariah Carey.
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