we are lighter skinned brown girls - Amandla Stenberg Says Hollywood Def Gives Biracial Actresses Privilege Over Darker Skinned Girls

           

Amandla Stenberg admits being biracial has given her "privilege" in Hollywood over her darker skinned counterparts.
In her cover story for Variety's Power Of Young Hollywood issue, the 19-year-old actress admits Hollywood gives biracial actresses like herself, Zendaya and Yara Shahidi, privilege over darker skinned actresses. Is she saying when their is a spot for a lead black role, a lighter skinned actress is usually casted.

"Me and Yara and Zendaya are perceived in the same way because we are lighter skinned brown girls," The Hate U Give actress told Variety. "We fill this interesting space of being accessible to Hollywood and accessible to white people in a way that darker skinned girls are not."

Amandla said she knows this is how the industry works, but she's looking to see a shift in how Hollywood shares stories on the big screen.

“I’ve been acting since I was a very little kid, so I have been aware of how the industry works,” she said.

“We’re at a turning point, but we have by no means fixed the misogyny of Hollywood or white patriarchy. But in terms of how we diversify our sets and diversify our on-screen narratives, I definitely think it’s a great time of change.”

 Where do young, black girls fit into Hollywood?


 Read her full interview here.






Peep her cover, more shots and a behind-the-scenes clip from her photoshoot below:
 

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