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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

Angie Thomas

Start date: December 2, 2017

Finish date: January 20, 2018

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Dec 18, 2017 Michelle Adamo #EmptyNestReader rated it it was amazing

The Hate U Give is a riveting and important story on a heartbreakingly all-to-common occurance in today’s world. 🗝 Starr Carter lives in two world. Her school is a in fancy neighborhood: upscale, private, suburban. Her home is in the ghetto, poor, black. 🗝 When Starr witnesses her childhood best friend, Khalil gunned down by a white police officer during a traffic stop both of her worlds fall apart. As Khalil’s death becomes a national headline we see the (predominately white) the press intimati The Hate U Give is a riveting and important story on a heartbreakingly all-to-common occurance in today’s world. 🗝 Starr Carter lives in two world. Her school is a in fancy neighborhood: upscale, private, suburban. Her home is in the ghetto, poor, black. 🗝 When Starr witnesses her childhood best friend, Khalil gunned down by a white police officer during a traffic stop both of her worlds fall apart. As Khalil’s death becomes a national headline we see the (predominately white) the press intimating that he was a “thug” or a drug dealer. Starr knows that both of these things are not true and struggles with the understanding of how fast people, including her school friends and their families, are willing to dismiss Khalil’s death suggesting that he may have “had it coming”. Everyone is leaping to conclusions as Starr, the only witness, is mourning the loss of her friend. 🗝 Starr soon realizes that she must tell what she saw. "people like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right.” Still, Starr fears that what she says could lead to a riot or, even, get her killed. “Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go on even though you're scared.” 🗝 “Once upon a time there was a hazel-eyed boy with dimples. I called him Khalil. The world called him a thug. He lived, but not nearly long enough, and for the rest of my life I'll remember how he died. Fairy tale? No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending.” 🗝Addressing issues of police brutality and racism in America, The Hate U Give is a raw, gut-wrenching and powerful story that is fearlessly honest and brilliantly written. A young adult novel that should be read by everyone, irregardless of age.
🗝 NOTE: "The Hate U Give was not only inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, but also largely by Tupac, his THUG LIFE tattoo, and his activism. Author Angie Thomas often refers to Tupac not only in her writing, but in her conversation… source: Epic Reads. “Pac said Thug Life stood for “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody. T-H-U-G-L-I-F-E. Meaning what society gives us as youth, it bites them in the ass when we wild out. Get it?”

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