Zendaya By James White For Cosmopolitan July 2016

An excerpt:

• On what she thinks of the current election, and why she refuses to be apathetic: “There’s really crazy stuff happening right now, and it’s disappointing, sad, and scary. My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great — people say, ‘Oh, I don’t want this or that’ — but at the end of the day, tweeting isn’t a ballot. Just saying that you don’t like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.”

• On how she has no tolerance for racial insensitivity: “I didn’t like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, ‘You should just be happy with it — they haven’t had a black girl on the cover since forever.’ She’s no longer my publicist.”

Snapshot: Zendaya By James White For Cosmopolitan July 2016Source: Cosmopolitan