Mariah Carey is glad she suffered hardships in her youth - because her turbulent childhood has made her an icon for social outcasts.
The "Heartbreaker" diva claims her mixed-race heritage meant she wasn’t accepted by her peers as white or black - but hopes her meteoric rise to fame will allow bi-racial fans to see their own potential.
She tells U.S. magazine Parade, "I felt very much like an outcast when I was younger. No matter where I went, there was always this sense of not really falling into place or into one category.
"I moved around a lot when I was growing up, so nobody knew me and I was never one thing or the other. Being biracial, I didn’t really have somebody to look at and say, ‘Okay, this person is exactly the same as me, and they’re out there’."
The singing sensation claims she will never grow up - so as to never forget the struggles she went through to become successful.
"A lot of kids have said that to me, ‘Until you put your first record out, I didn’t feel like there was anybody that was the same as me.’ People who don’t feel like they fit in can identify with me. I promised myself when I was a little girl that I would never forget what it felt like to be a kid. I never wanted to grow up and be out of touch with what that feels like."
Source: World Entertainment News Network
The "Heartbreaker" diva claims her mixed-race heritage meant she wasn’t accepted by her peers as white or black - but hopes her meteoric rise to fame will allow bi-racial fans to see their own potential.
She tells U.S. magazine Parade, "I felt very much like an outcast when I was younger. No matter where I went, there was always this sense of not really falling into place or into one category.
"I moved around a lot when I was growing up, so nobody knew me and I was never one thing or the other. Being biracial, I didn’t really have somebody to look at and say, ‘Okay, this person is exactly the same as me, and they’re out there’."
The singing sensation claims she will never grow up - so as to never forget the struggles she went through to become successful.
"A lot of kids have said that to me, ‘Until you put your first record out, I didn’t feel like there was anybody that was the same as me.’ People who don’t feel like they fit in can identify with me. I promised myself when I was a little girl that I would never forget what it felt like to be a kid. I never wanted to grow up and be out of touch with what that feels like."
Source: World Entertainment News Network
