Rising pop superstar and Cover Girl spokeswoman Rihanna on her past discrimination-Growing up in Barbados

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Date: July 21, 2008 at 12:50:15
From: Simply Stated
Subject: Rising pop superstar and Cover Girl spokeswoman Rihanna on her past discrimination-Growing up in Barbados

URL: http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/07/18/notable-quotable-rihanna-tells-instyle-about-her-discrimination/?icid=200100174x1205955809x1200314353

Lord the girl just opened up another can of worms!

"Rihanna who graces the August 2008 issue of InStyle magazine has revealed that she was a victim of discrimination as a child growing up in Barbados because of her light skin.She said:

“Having lighter skin wasn’t a problem in my household, but it was when I went to school -which really confused me at first.” “The harassment continued to my very last day of elementary school.”

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