article_snippet.sent: Speaking about her childhood in an interview with MailOnline Ariana, who goes by her mother's maiden name, said: 'There was pretty much a spasmodic vomit of racial abuse heaped upon me. '
article_snippet.sent: Ariana has been inspired by American singer Mariah Carey's struggle to get to the top as a mixed race artist, exemplified in Ariana film Glitter, in which Ariana plays a young singer battling discrimination to make it to the top.
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highlights_snippet.sent: But 20-year-old found it tough growing up as only black girl in her class .
  