Birgitta Stenberg Quotes

I come from a very musical family. My dad taught me to play guitar. I play violin and drums as well. Violin, I started in elementary school. Drums actually came when I was in a program called 'Rock Star,' which was really awesome. We were doing a song by the Ramones, so I thought, 'Why not play the drums?' ~ Amandla Stenberg

I think 'The Hunger Games' has a really powerful message about survival, and sacrificing for the ones you love. It's almost like a warning for us to not lose touch of our humanity. We live in a world in which we watch other's misfortunes for entertainment. ~ Amandla Stenberg

Whenever black women have a point, they're characterized as angry black women, and therefore the thing they're talking about is no longer of importance because they have to deal with them being overly emotional or something. I recognize that people who respond negatively to what I have to say aren't at a place yet where they are able to learn ... And it's exactly what I'm trying to fight. ~ Amandla Stenberg

It's easier to say, 'Don't care about what anyone thinks,' than it is to actually not care about what anyone thinks. But, honestly, anything you're passionate about, that's what you'll be the best at. ~ Amandla Stenberg

'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith is one of my favorites. Even though it doesn't have any monsters or crazy fantasy in it, it's such a raw story, and I can really relate to the characters. I think it's a beautiful story. ~ Amandla Stenberg

What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we loved black culture? ~ Amandla Stenberg

How's your girlfriend?'
'Birgitta?' Harry was quiet, 'I don't know. She wont talk to me. Feeling terrible, I hope.'
'Why do you hope she's feeling terrible?'
'I hope she loves me, of course.'
Sandra emitted a rasping laugh. 'And how are you. Harry Holy?'
'Terrible.' Harry smiled sadly ~ Jo Nesbo

Bigger than you or me. Discussions are healthy. Ignorance is not. ~ Amandla Stenberg

If you work hard, it will pay off. ~ Amandla Stenberg

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. ~ Amandla Stenberg

But here's the thing: Appropriation occurs when a style leads to racist generalizations or stereotypes where it originated, but is deemed as high fashion, cool, or funny when the privileged take it for themselves. Appropriation occurs when the appropriator is not aware of the deep significance of the culture that they are partaking in. ~ Amandla Stenberg

Patron Saint of Failures St Birgitta of Sweden. ~ Alain De Botton

I think people discredit teenagers and how wise they can be. Sometimes I meet teenagers who are much wiser than many adults I've met, because they haven't let any insecurities or doubts about themselves get in the way of their thoughts. ~ Amandla Stenberg

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

Don't denounce our pain as savage. What's savage is the cruel inhumanity and brutality of the police. Condemn that. ~ Amandla Stenberg

I've read the 'Mortal Instruments' series; I was obsessed with those. ~ Amandla Stenberg

Despite a seemingly pervasive belief that only people of colour 'play the race
card', it does not take anything as dramatic as a slave revolution or Japanese
imperialism to evoke white racial anxieties, something as trivial as the casting of
non-white people in films or plays in which a character was 'supposed' to be
white will do the trick. For example, the casting of Olivier award-winning
actress Noma Dumezweni to play the role of Hermione in the debut West End
production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child got bigots so riled up that J. K.
Rowling felt the need to respond and give her blessing for a black actress to play
the role. A similar but much larger controversy occurred when the character Rue
in the film The Hunger Games was played by a black girl, Amandla Stenberg.
Even though Rue is described as having brown skin in the original novel, 'fans'


of the book were shocked and dismayed that the movie version cast a brown girl
to play the role, and a Twitter storm of abuse about the ethnic casting of the role
ensued. You have to read the responses to truly appreciate how angry and
abusive they are.- As blogger Dodai Stewart pointed out at the time:

All these . . . people . . . read The Hunger Games. Clearly, they all fell in
love with and cared about Rue. Though what they really fell in love with was
an image of Rue that they'd created in their minds. ~ Akala

After the show the bar began to thin out. Birgitta ~ Jo Nesbo