{"id":2261311,"date":"2024-06-06T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-people-crying-was-the-goal-old-clip-of-the-acolyte-actress-goes-viral-ignites-backlash\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T12:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:38:58","slug":"white-people-crying-was-the-goal-old-clip-of-the-acolyte-actress-goes-viral-ignites-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-people-crying-was-the-goal-old-clip-of-the-acolyte-actress-goes-viral-ignites-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Acolyte Actress Sparks Controversy with Old Clip Featuring White Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-people-crying-was-the-goal-old-clip-of-the-acolyte-actress-goes-viral-ignites-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261311&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The actress in &#8220;Star Wars: \u2063The Acolyte&#8221; \u2063faces backlash for aiming to evoke emotions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-teacher-training-video-shows-how-cultish-critical-race-theory-is-being-pushed-on-virginia-teachers\/\" title=\"Leaked Teacher Training Video Shows How Cultish Critical Race Theory Is Being Pushed On Virginia Teachers\">white viewers<\/a> in &#8220;The Hate U Give.&#8221; Amandla Stenberg&#8217;s comments on making white people cry spark controversy, criticized for seeming racially divisive.\u200b Stenberg\u200c defends\u200c the film&#8217;s \u200bintent to enhance empathy for\u200d the real impact\u200c of police brutality on black communities. The actress from &#8220;Star Wars: The Acolyte&#8221; receives criticism for expressing intentions to provoke feelings from \u200bwhite audiences in &#8220;The \u200dHate U Give.&#8221; Amandla \u200dStenberg&#8217;s remarks about eliciting\u200b tears from white viewers stir debate, raising concerns about racial \u200bdivision. Stenberg clarifies the film&#8217;s purpose to foster empathy towards the harsh \u2062reality of police brutality\u200b on the black community.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An old video clip of an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">actress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in the newly released \u201cStar Wars: The Acolyte\u201d series on Disney+ is sparking backlash online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The interview in question shows actress Amandla Stenberg speaking about trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-paul-condemns-coca-cola-over-opposition-to-new-ga-voting-laws\/\" title=\"Sen. Paul condemns Coca-Cola over opposition to new Ga. voting laws\">make white people<\/a> cry upon viewing the 2018 film, \u201cThe Hate U Give.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen people watch \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hate U Give<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u2019 what do you want them to walk away with, because I know everyone has a slightly different feeling,\u201d late-night host Trevor Noah asked the star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stenberg replied, \u201cWell, I mean, white people crying actually was the goal.\u201d This comment caused Noah to burst into laughter, prompting the actress to repeat, \u201cwas the goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWhite people crying was the goal\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amandla Stenberg, lead actress for the new Star Wars series, The Acolyte: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b9gOhvYVRj\">pic.twitter.com\/b9gOhvYVRj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1798494222246609164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social media commenters pointed out the double standard when it came to making <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/racism\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">racially divisive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  statements such as this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOpenly racist and they laugh about it,\u201d one social media user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1798494678280769823\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cAnd they wonder why no one watches their shows or movies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t understand what\u2019s to gain with a statement like that? Their largest audience is white people. White people are 65% of the population,\u201d another popular comment <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DavidsOpinion\/status\/1798495066664886595\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Hate U Give,\u201d based on a book of the same name, is a coming-of-age teen drama meant to make a statement on police brutality. A longer clip of the interview shows Stenberg explaining how the film is intended to make white people have more \u201cempathy\u201d for the plight of black Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe wanted to make sure that those who have been affected by the way in which the media misconstrues these events, actually have a real sense of empathy and are able to place themselves into the shoes of our communities. Understand that these are not just news events, they are happening to real people. They affect us in really deep and pervasive ways,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The movie shows the aftermath of a police shooting following a traffic stop when the officer kills a man who is reaching for a hairbrush, mistakenly believing he was reaching for a gun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first controversy for the new \u201cStar Wars\u201d show.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Acolyte\u201d showrunner Leslie Headland previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/29\/arts\/television\/leslye-headland-the-acolyte.html\">told<\/a> The New York Times that she doesn\u2019t believe people who oppose leftist activism are \u201ctrue fans\u201d of \u201cStar Wars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs a fan myself, I know how frustrating some \u2018Star Wars\u2019 storytelling in the past has been. I\u2019ve felt it myself,\u201d she told the outlet. Headland clarified in a follow-up text, \u201cI stand by my empathy for \u2018Star Wars\u2019 fans. But I want to be clear. Anyone who engages in bigotry, racism or hate speech \u2026 I don\u2019t consider a fan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Headland also said she was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-acolyte-showrunner-says-shes-so-into-series-being-called-the-gayest-star-wars-calls-r2-d2-a-lesbian\">so into<\/a>\u201d the series being called \u201cthe gayest \u2018Star Wars.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The showrunner said in 2021 that she planned \u201cto allow her own personal experiences as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-disneys-new-star-wars-director-the-queen-of-raunch-comedy\/\" title=\"Who is the new director of Disney's 'Star Wars', known as the 'Queen of Raunch Comedy'?\">queer woman shine<\/a> through in the finished product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s just no way that me being a queer woman is not going to be reflected in my work. I could try not to do it, but why would I? It just feels like a natural extension of what I do,\u201d Headland explained at the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-says-hate-u-give-should-be-more-jeffrey-cawood\">RELATED: Black Lives Matter Says \u2018The Hate U Give\u2019 Should Be More Anti-Cop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An actress in &#8220;Star Wars: The Acolyte&#8221; faces online backlash for an old clip where she discussed evoking emotions from white viewers in &#8220;The Hate U Give.&#8221; Amandla Stenberg&#8217;s interview resurfaces, revealing her goal of stirring emotions in white audiences, sparking controversy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2261312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Amandla-Stenberg-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Amandla-Stenberg-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}