Hilaria declares she is culturally “fluid”
Hilaria Baldwin, who was forced to declare “I am a white girl” in December after it was revealed she’s not of Spanish descent as she had claimed for years, is now waxing philosophical about multiculturalism.
She has some thoughts on how people who “don’t have your life experience” should behave.
“We need to normalize the fact that we are all unique-our culture, languages, sexual orientations, religions, political beliefs are ALLOWED TO BE FLUID. No two of us are completely alike,” she wrote Thursday on Instagram.
After spending time with her relatives for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the New York wellness personality and yoga studio owner, who’s married to actor Alec Baldwin, came away feeling ... validated. Very validated.
“We talked about how we grew up, our languages, our cultures-multi& very valid. We discussed belonging& how there are people who want to deny others their right to belong,” she explained.
“When you are multi, it can feel hard to belong. You are constantly going back and forth, trying to be more this or more that. You feel you have to explain why you are the way you are, trying to fit into a world of labels when there might not be one that perfectly defines you. You will never quite fit in because the other parts of you shape and influence all your parts.”
Baldwin, who has six “Baldwinitos” with her husband, was born in Boston and grew up spending time in both Massachusetts and Spain — hence the name Hilaria, instead of her birth name, Hillary. And her changing accent. And that claim that she was born on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
“I’ve seen chatter online questioning my identity and culture,” the 37-year-old said on Instagram in December. “I was born in Boston and grew up spending time with my family between Massachusetts and Spain.”
But on Thursday, she wrote that multiculturalism is “not a light switch” a person can turn on and off, calling it “more of a sliding dial that simply shifts through a rainbow of colors.”