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Zendaya says she hesitates to call herself an ‘activist’

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Actor Zendaya says she doesn’t like to call herself an “activist” as she believes she is an actor first. The Spider-Man: Far From Home star said the term should be earmarked for someone who “devotes” their life to a certain cause. “I have always hesitated to use the word ‘activist’ for myself. That is a lifestyle. That is a choice every day to be doing the work and devoting your life to a cause. And I don’t feel I am deserving of the title. There are a lot of words that better describe what I do.

“I’m an actress, but I’m also just a person who has a heart and wants to do the right thing. I care about human beings, so this time is very hard to talk about. It’s painful,” Zendaya told InStyle magazine.

The 23-year-old actor also revealed that she feared for the safety of her African-American father Kazembe Ajamu after two black men were shot dead by the police in 2016.

“I remember when I was with my dad in Atlanta shooting the first Spider-Man movie, and it was around the time that the murders of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling happened. I was extremely emotional, and I remember thinking about my dad, who was out picking up food at the time,” Zendaya said. (PTI)

 

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