Jennifer Lopez Sparks Outrage for Calling Herself ‘Black Girl from the Bronx’
Jennifer Lopez sparks outrage in social media after appropriating Black culture and calling herself "Black girl from the Bronx."
Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show MIAMI, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 02: Jennifer Lopez performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida.
This month, Lopez's new song "Lonely" with Maluma, a Colombian singer, has a line that refers to herself as a Black woman. The line from the latest song sparked outrage on social media. However, many pointed out that Lopez never previously claimed to be an Afro-Latin.
According to The Grio, the line in question, "Siempre serás tu Negrita del Bronx," wherein in English means, "I'll always be your little Black girl from the Bronx."
Fans and supporters alike started slamming Jennifer Lopez for appropriating Black womanhood as soon as the clip from their track's official video made the rounds.
One Twitter user wrote that J-Lo's 'tu Negrita del Bronx' lyric is a literal slap in the face for every Black woman, particularly for every Afro-Descendant and Afro-Latinx whose Latinidad and beauty were questioned everyday due to her 'Latina' look and influence.
The commenter summed up Black people's sentiments in and out of the Latin community offended by what they see as a continuous blind spot to how Lopez positions herself culturally.
J-Lo’s “tu negrita del Bronx” lyric, it’s a literal slap in the face for every black women, but especially for every Afro-Latinx and Afro-Descendant person whose Latinidad and beauty gets questioned everyday due to her influence and “Latina” look. — Glorimar Michelle Mariño (@marinoglo) September 25, 2020
Years after the pop star was previously dragged for saying "n-word" on her hit song "I'm Real" with Ja Rule in 2001, this latest controversy came out.
Newsbreak reported that Jennifer Lopez said in response to the outrage she received at the time, "For anyone to think or suggest that I'm racist is hateful and absurd to me." Lopez added that Ja Rule wrote the words used in the hit song and didn't mean to be hurtful to anybody.
Jennifer Lopez joined Maluma to talk representation during a Billboard Latin Week conversation. Lopez and Maluma are two of the biggest names in Latin music nowadays.
The "Marry Me" co-start spotlights Latin artists' success in 2020 as their recent music videos and Billboard cover story make clear. In a joint interview aired, the global superstars gushed over their collaborations and emphasized how each of them broke ground for other Latin artists in their wake.
Lopez shared that it was always her goal from the beginning of her career, and she never wanted just to be put in a box.
"I always wanted to be a person. Like, look at me like I'm a person. Don't look at me like I'm one type of person over here, and I can only do these things," Jennifer Lopez added.
While many people wish that Jennifer Lopez doesn't always bring up that she is a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx, according to ET, Lopez would not stop anytime soon as she said that she is proud of that. Besides, there is no reason for her ever to hide if to be successful, Lopez reiterated.
She said that on the contrary, she feels like it is the secret to her success.
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