Christina Aguileramay be a household name today, but that very nearly was not the case.
“Being Latina, it is a part of my heritage and who I am.”
“I’ve been fighting for my last name my whole life.”
“I’ve dealt with that [criticism] my whole life,” she said.
“I don’t speak the language fluently.
And I’m split right down the middle, half Irish and half Ecuadorean.
I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone.
I know who I am.”
Aguilera has celebrated her heritage through her music, notably with her 2000 Spanish language albumMi Reflejo.
