Amara la Negra’s stage name is a joyous reminder of thestar’s pride in her own skin. The name translates to “love Black” or “love Black women," but it’s also a reappropriation of a label that hasn’t always been positively lobbed her way.ET recently spoke with the 29-year-old singer about her experiences with racism and colorism as an Afro-Latina, issues that have been at the forefront of her activism for years, but now feel particularly poignant.“I am a Black woman in America.
I am an Afro-Latina in America. I am a Latina in America,” she told ET’s Melicia Johnson, before outlining how those various identity markers inform her worldview.“Sometimes you feel that you don't know where you belong,” she explained.
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