How Jennifer Lopez's Son Inspired Her to Advocate for Social Change

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Jennifer Lopez's 12-year-old son encouraged her to get involved with the Black Lives Matter movement this past summer.

, and, in the accompanying interview, reveals how 12-year-old Max made sure she made a difference.

"He wanted me to make sure I realized that I had power and that I should use it," she says of Max, who began encouraging his mom to speak out amid the Black Lives Matter movement."I thought that was very insightful. It was one of those parenting moments when you’re like, 'Oh, maybe I’m raising a conscientious, kind, loving kid here.

The reveal of Lopez wearing the Puerto Rican flag was kept secret until"the last minute" because she"didn't want anybody to tell me that I couldn’t do it." "Everybody in the show knew it, but when I opened it up, I was just literally opening it up to the world," she says."I [told designer] Donatella Versace, 'I want to be an American flag because I’m going to be singing"Born in the U.S.A." with my daughter, but when I open it up, I want them to know that my heart and soul is Puerto Rican.'"

 

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