H.E.R. has experienced so much in her 23 years on planet Earth. H.E.R. touches on everything from discrimination to Back of My Mind to her similarities to Superman in a new cover interview with Variety. “I got that a lot going to the grocery store: People would say, ‘That’s your mom?’ [because] she has straight hair and I’ve got curly hair, and my skin colour is tan.
It was tough accepting myself and understanding that you can be both things,” H.E.R. reflects. “People like to put labels and boxes on you and try to say, ‘But you’re Black,’ or you’re this or that.
Why does it have to be one thing? Why can’t I be all of these things?” she asks. “I was too Asian for the Black kids or too Black for the Filipino kids.” H.E.R.
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