Read excerpts of the interview after the break:
Standing up to her haters
When I talk to people about [standing up for myself], it’s not new. It’s not something I just started doing. I Just did it in public, and more people saw it than usual.
On how she learned to speak her mind
So where did this willingness to speak her mind come from? Zendaya credits her parents, who both taught in the Oakland school district and made it a point to teach her respectability politics.
With her being my daughter, I want her to feel like he’s empowered by having an opinion on life,” her mother, Claire Stoermer,said. “I don’t want her or any of my children to feel like they have to be a part of the status quo and go along with the tide.”
On being a role model
You’ve got to realize those Twitter followers, those kids who watch you, that’s technically power. So, to me, I have a responsibility or a duty to the people who watch me to promote positive things, or to show them positive things, or to enlighten them…
Lovely cover.
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