I’m someone who is inspired by people who’ve spoken out about different racial and gender issues. Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
It’s so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that’s not specifically targeted towards the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created, and it’s produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it. Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn’t know how I could claim the title of ‘feminist’ without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one. Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
One of the most challenging things for me to do was to walk away from ‘Black Panther.’ Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
I’m just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all. Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
I hope people online understand that the celebrity culture we’ve created is not really real. So when they’re speaking to and about me, I’m a person, so I’m going to make mistakes. It’s inevitable because I’m human. Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
I’m lucky because the most dangerous thing that could happen to me is that someone will say something mean on a computer screen miles away, and so I feel like if that’s all that I’m facing, then why would I not use my platform to talk about things? Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
I’m a huge fan of Toni Morrison. I just think she’s so incredible. And also Nayyirah Waheed, who’s a poet. Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
I think something that’s really important to me is trying to do what I can from my position of power that comes with having a social media platform to dismantle certain systems that I think are really gross and harmful. Amandla Stenberg Read Quote
