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

by Angie Thomas

That’s the hate they’re giving us, baby, a system designed against us. That’s Thug Life.”

Funny. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit, different century.

“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared, Starr,” she says. “It means you go on even though you’re scared. And you’re doing that.”