H.E.R. Talks Growing Up Feeling ‘Too Filipino For The Black Kids And Too Black For The Filipino Kids’

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H.E.R. is discussing her journey towards becoming the powerful woman she is today. In a new interview with Glamour UK, the 24-year-old Grammy winner reveals how avoiding putting herself “in a box” is her “superpower.” RELATED: H.E.R.

On Growing Up Biracial, Forgetting About Her Oscar Nod & Her Upcoming Debut Album “There were times where I felt too Filipino for the Black kids and too Black for the Filipino kids,” recalled the “I Can’t Breathe” singer. “Or when I was going to the grocery store with my mom and people [were] like, ‘That’s your mom?

Her hair’s straight, your hair’s curly.’ And it’s like, ‘I come from both places. This is what you get.’ “I was just trying to figure out what that all meant and not put myself in a box, because