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Amandla Stenberg talks about her new movie, “The Hate U Give,” and how it addresses the realities of police brutality and encourages empathy for communities of color.

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[katharinanachname]

Dude. How old is she. Shes like 16 and more eloquent than all the people in the white house

[chastitymarks]

I'm not sure if I should be glad that there are movies like this one, or devastated that there is a need for this kind of film.

[veronicasilinda]

Amandla = power in isiZulu. ( South Africa language)

[kung-fukennyfamily]

She looks so beautiful and happy, Sis is making her coin now, wish her more success❤💯

[ForAnAngel]

I've been a big fan of Amandla since she was in The Hunger Games. I'm so happy she's grown up to become a remarkable young lady.

[susantocp]

She's so young, yet so eloquent. Her choice of words and the way she forms her sentences are way beyond her age. Hopefully she'll go even farther in her career.

[morellelewis]

Can we stop trying to pair Trevor with every girl that comes on the show?

[MichaelShulski]

I learned about code switching as an anthropology major. It shows a high degree of intellect. These woke, progressive films like Blackkklansman and Get Out are so necessary. I'm grateful they are becoming more popular than garbage like the stuff produced by Dinesh Desouza.

[thegreatkobayashi]

I'm not going to lie, I felt so many emotions when I watched THE HATE YOU GIVE. I am part Black and I grew up rather privileged due to my parents making me and my siblings grow up in a predominantly up scaled environment. Due to that, I never understood why my people we're so angry, and why they were protesting black Lives Matter.

THE HATE YOU GIVE made me understand why so many black folks are so fed up in America. I felt happiness, sadness, anger, and frustration when watching that movie. Not going to lie at the end If it would have escalated to what I thought was going to happen. I would have walked out of the theater. But thank god that it didn't escalate that far.

THE HATE YOU GIVE was such a healthy movie. Starr's family was so damn motivational, the father was a real man and the mother was absolutely incredible. And the movie made me realize that 2pac was way before our time. He was such a wise man. If you haven't seen the movie. I recommend you go see it. I wish I could relive the experience I had when I first went to go watch that movie. THAT is how good the movie is.

[korraasami]

"white people crying is the goal" i freaking died when she said it 😂😂😂🤣🤣

[imjustsaying]

My cousin and I, whom were both educated in private schools, were recently discussing code switching and how it becomes second nature.

[starcherry]

OMG who does her hair! It’s beautiful!’

[quarantinedcosmonaut]

Why must her movies make me cry?! She's always tugging at my heart strings. 😢

[Lunar.cipher]

*AMANDLA* is a Zulu and Xhosa word for *"Power"* in South Africa.
In *South Africa* under apartheid, *"Amandla"* was — and still is — a rallying cry against oppression.

[LoktionBanger]

for those who dont know ...AMANDLA means power in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa AND Swati langauges of Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana

And bob Marley actually held the amandla concert in usa campaigning for the freedom of those countries mentioned above

[lhfirex]

Great interview, but one part of it made me sad. She said the goal for black people watching this movie was to feel comfortable being themselves and see themselves represented on screen. It's like, damn, we've really messed up as a society when a GOAL for a group of people is "look and feel normal on screen." That's how they should be allowed to feel all the time, in all situations. I know I don't have to deal with that as a white person and it's just a sign of how far we have to go to actually live up to the ideas our country was supposed to be founded on.

[kimberleybrown]

Problem is that the people who most need to see this movie are the last who would go.

[saus]

Amandla means Power in Xhosa (South Africa). The phrase was popularized during apartheid era by freedom fighters.
Amandla ngawethu =power is ours

[Vinnafetish]

I have not seen the movie yet but I just know it's going to make me cry. Also with what's happening in the world today it's no surprise that this movie was made.

[SikiDlanga]

Amandla means power/strength in Xhosa.
It means the same in Zulu also.
Amandla is a gifted actress.