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It was when I was 12 and I got cast in The Hunger Games, and people called me the N-word and said that the death of my character, Rue, would be less sad because I was black. That was the first moment I realized being black was such a crucial part of my identity in terms of the way that I was perceived and how it would affect any line of work that I wanted to pursue. I often find myself in situations where I am the token black person. It can feel like this enormous weight. I have definitely had moments when my hair felt too big or like I needed to make myself smaller and easier to digest.

Amandla Stenberg (“So when was the moment that you realized exactly what you were taking on just by existing in this space?”)
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It was when I was 12 and I got cast in The Hunger Games, and people called me the N-word and said that the death of my character, Rue, would be less sad because I was black. That was the first moment I realized being black was such a crucial part of my identity in terms of the way that I was perceived and how it would affect any line of work that I wanted to pursue. I often find myself in situations where I am the token black person. It can feel like this enormous weight. I have definitely had moments when my hair felt too big or like I needed to make myself smaller and easier to digest.

Amandla Stenberg (“So when was the moment that you realized exactly what you were taking on just by existing in this space?”)
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Do you think sydney will be back in the next episode of saving hope? Cause i really hope she will.

That is the question, isn’t it? I really have no idea. They left it open, certainly, but they also closed it in a way that seemed unnecessary, given Stacey Farber’s apparent availability for the rest of the season. I would expect that to continue next season, whatever their reasoning, but at the same time, the major boost and awareness for MaggiexSydney’s been pretty recent, so maybe that’ll affect things for the better?