Amandla Stenberg, who is best known for playing Rue in The Hunger Games, would make for a very fine spokesperson for the rights of African-Americans.

A video featuring the 16-year-old actress talking about the problem with whites "appropriating black culture" has gone viral online. In the clip she calls out a host of pop stars including Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift for adopting black cultural affectations and perhaps in certain cases even vilifying them.

She also speaks about the hairstyles, like cornrows, typical to black women and inspired by their need to keep their hair neat and hassle-free has become an "urban hairstyle" for white people, while for black women it is a very integral part of their identity. She also adds that this is why hair is such a big part of hip-hop culture. The title of the video takes from this observation: "Don't Cash Crop On My Cornrows." She also brings up the case of Riff Raff, the American rapper who inspired the James Franco's character in Spring Breakers. Stenberg suggests adopting these styles became a way of being "edgy and drawing attention."

The two artists, Stenberg seems to be most critical of are Cyrus and Perry. She highlights Cryus' twerkmania, cutting to shots from her video, 'We Can't Stop,' in which Cyrus is seen twerking with a bunch of black women. Stenberg's states that Cyrus uses "black women as props" in the music video.

The actress then highlights the watermelon, cornrows and a picture of Aretha Franklin in Perry's music video for 'This is How We Do' to emphasize her point, of how off these appropriations are.

"The line between cultural appropriation and cultural exchange is always going to be blurred," she says. "Appropriation occurs when a style leads to racist generalizations but is deemed cool or funny when the privileged take it for themselves. It occurs when the appropriator is not aware of the deep significance of the culture they are partaking in."

Stenberg also sides with Azaelia Banks' line of attack against Iggy Azelia's hip-hop persona. The actress sets all this against the backdrop of increasing instances of police brutality against black people in America. She concludes with a powerful statement: "What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we love black culture?"

Watch the clip here:

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