Christina Aguilera Addresses Her Latina Heritage and Criticism She Is Not Latina Enough

Nov. 20, 2011: Singer Christina Aguilera performs onstage at the 2011 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE oin Los Angeles, Calif. (ABC)

Christina Aguilera says she's been criticized for not being Latina enough.

"I've dealt with that [criticism] my whole life," she said in an interview with Latina Magazine. "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."

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