Amandla Stenberg Slammed For Saying "White People Crying Was The Goal" Of Movie “The Hate U Give”

Amandla Stenberg, 25, is deemed a racist by social media users for her controversial remarks on The Daily Show.

In 2018, the then-19-year-old actress opened up about the movie The Hate U Give with host Trevor Noah. Stenberg played a young girl named Starr Carter who witnessed her friend's shooting by a police officer. The movie was based on a Black Lives Matter-inspired novel by Angie Thomas.

In the resurfaced interview, which has gone viral on X/Twitter, Stenberg reveals that the film was successful and she saw "a lot of white people crying" because of it. "I've never seen so many white people crying before," she recalled. "It's amazing."

When Noah asked the actress what she wanted viewers to walk away with, she said, "White people crying actually was the goal."

Stenberg elicited a strong reaction from users on X who condemned her for racism.

"Openly racist and they laugh about it," wrote @Bubblebathgirl. "And they wonder why no one watches their shows or movies."

@MrJoesphAnthony asked, "Why is Racism ok all of a sudden? and applauded?"

"Imagine if white people went on national tv saying the same thing about black people…" added @prohecy__13.

Stenberg plays twin sisters Osha and Mae Aniseya in Disney's Star Wars: The Acolyte, a new series that debuted with a 4.9 out of 10 rating on IMDB and a 30% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

"The only white people crying over this are Disney investors," wrote @uberminch.

The X audience seems to be under the impression that the interview clip is regarding the new Star Wars series and its wokeness. However, many feel that, even out of context, Stenberg's comments were still racist and came off as hateful. Given how white people have consistently been demonized by the media or how they're pressured to feel guilty about themselves, it makes sense why they feel the need to speak out against such remarks.

When discussing The Hate U Give in the rest of the interview, Stenberg emphasized that she wanted people to be able to place themselves in her communities' shoes. "Well, you know, we want to make sure that those who have been affected by the way in which the media misconstrues these events actually have a real sense of empathy and are able to place themselves into the shoes of our communities and understand that these are not just news events, these are happening to real people."

She concluded, "They affect us in really deep and pervasive ways, and then in terms of how it affects people of color, we wanted this to be a space within which we could be ourselves and see ourselves represented and feel validated by that and maybe process some feelings that we don't ever have the opportunity to move through."

According to Forbes, based on an analysis of recently filed financial statements, the box office profits generated by Disney's Star Wars films have fallen $2.8 billion short of covering the media giant's purchase of Lucasfilm. I suspect this downward trend will continue.

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