Amandla Stenberg, star of ‚The Acolyte‘, recently posted a new music video on her Instagram calling out haters for the „intolerable racism“ she’s faced.
Amandla Stenberg just had the ultimate clapback to haters of their new show, The Acolyte.
Stenberg, who uses she/they pronouns, took to Instagram with a song and music video titled “Discourse” to address the backlash she has faced from racist trolls.
“Happy Juneteenth and to those who are flooding me with intolerable racism—since it took me 72 hours on my laptop to make this song and video, u got 72 hours to respond. and I expect choreo!!” Stenberg posted.
Stenberg’s song begins with a reference to her 2018 interview with Trevor Noah, in which she discussed her role in The Hate U Give, saying, “White people crying actually was the goal” of the movie. This quote has recently been taken out of context in conservative circles to seemingly represent The Acolyte.
Stenberg also received backlash from “anti-woke” conservative groups after a scene in a recent episode of The Acolyte depicted a character appearing to ask another about their pronouns.
“Is he, or they, with us?” Stenberg’s character asks in the episode, referring to Bazil, a small rodent-like animal creature.
The clips of the episode going viral online are short and fail to include a shot of Bazil — misrepresenting what was actually happening in the scene — much in the same way Stenberg’s 2018 interview is being taken out of context.
