Amandla Stenberg

My activism does not need proof to be real. It exists in the work of my bones against weight in the morning.

I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music.

Within months after reading the novel 'The Hunger Games,' I went from telling my mom that I could see myself as this character to actually getting the role. My mother reminds me that if I could manifest such an important role just because I wanted it so much, all of my dreams are possible.

What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we love black culture?