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i feel like this book is importent to read now to understand parts of society that we are not necessarily a part of, or were aware of, so we can act to change them . even starting a conversation on this topic, just to make other people aware, can couse people to notice these issuse and therefore to build a sporting, helpful, and learnful invirmant that trys to get better .
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Jo wrote: "Hi Everyone ,We are very pleased to offer you the chance to win one of 40 copies of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas!
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In current situation this book is really important to highlight the issue of racial discrimation.
The Hate U Giv..."
Hi! I think The Hate You Give is very timely, mostly because of the pain and violence that the African-American society has endured in recent years. You have the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the suspicious death of Sandra Bland—and countless other names that have endured many atrocities just because of their skin color. This book will surely be an eye opener for many—and this is why reading it is important.
racism always being a relevant issue all of the time and nowadays not only black people that face racism but groups like Jews, Asians, Arabs have similarly faced racism especially in USI read from the news that there are huge racial disparities in how US Police use force, and black people are much likely to be shot by police. The Hate You Give book follows the story about Starr Carter, a 16 year old girl drawn to activism after she witness the Police shooting her unarmed friend
I think this book can make us or young people aware of current issues and encouraging to get involved to create change against racism and discrimination, not only racism and discrimination towards black people, but also Jews, Asians, Arabs, and Hispanics as well.
We all are and will be a minority for various reasons. We all can be in a similar situation. it is important to also be aware that no country is above that, and that we are all affected in different ways. We should always rise up our voice when discrimination occurs, and help in any possible way, especially if we are not directly discriminated. This is the kind of fight minorities cannot win alone.
The Hate U Give provides insight to a perspective that is often dismissed by those in a position of priviledge. This well crafted book allows anyone to walk in the shoes of a black teenaged girl living in a US city, and feel the fear, sadness, confusion, and expectations that our society is breeding. With this understanding we can grow compassion.
THUG is so important because in today's society the debate is open, we need to inform ourselves about this topic. With movements like BlackLivesMatter and others, we need to acknowledge what is happening , we need to realize how close is this issue. It affect all of us.
It’s important because some people think racism is dead, yet it still has a huge negative impact on so many people. It’s so important to understand different perspectives, and informing yourself about even one character’s specific life experiences can change the way you understand how others lives are affected differently than yours.
I think this book adds some important context and depth to something we’ve all seen play out in the news too often the last decade. Getting to know a family and the neighborhood that is impacted from these horrific events helps people shape different and more complex opinions on the issues our society is facing. I could not put this book down.
It's important to read this book now because of the terrible racial divide in this country. I'm a white person, and I recognize my need to understand the African American experience better. I just finished Amy Chua's Political Tribes, and she argues that failures to understand group rifts, especially those caused by inequality, end with terrible results to society overall. She actually quotes THUG several times in her book. When an influential writer and law professor like Amy Chua is citing a book, even a young adult fiction novel, you know it's got to be important.I will also add that I heard a reviewer say that a secondary theme in this book is how the protagonists varies her use of language depending on whether she's at school surrounded by white kids or back at home with African American family, friends, and neighbors. That sounded very interesting, especially as I harbor a dream of becoming a literature teacher.
I just wish to put myself in the shoes of those who get harrased to see it all from their pov, and understand the situation better. that is how you learn how to help as well.
I think everybody should read this book, no matter your race, because USA is covered in very dark moments. Is very important to acknowledge this issue of police violence against black people, micro violence made by some white people against people of color. And with this book you can see all of this being played. And it is also important for non black people read this book through a black person's point of view.
The Hate U Give is centers around an important topic that has caused division in our country for years. It is important to read different viewpoints in order to better understand both sides of the issue. That is how problems are solved.
We learn through stories. This subject of systemic racism is as important now as it's ever been. If the news doesn't smack you in the face with all the damage being done, perhaps a story told through the eyes of the girl will open someone's eyes and heart.
It's important to read now because so many black people are being discriminated against and police are becoming more corrupt. Sure, there are plenty of police that are just, but more and more policemen are shutting down black people for the way they look (frightening), or the way they act (as if they have a weapon). None of this is true, but people have bias and are assuming these things which is wrong, because you really can't judge a person by the way they look.
THUG is one of the most important books for these days, it portrayed our current world situation right now. Racism is everywhere. Not only in the US, but for me an Indonesian, I also face the racial issue here. It was sad, you get to judged only because you are the minority, your race or your religion is different with the most of the citizen here. I think everyone should read THUG because I believe this is one of the powerful Young Adult books for everyone to realize how messed up our society nowadays and help to make the world better.
The reason we read stories is to understand existences different than our own or to reinforce and understand that we are not alone in our own experiences. The issues of race and police violence in America are so complex and I can’t help but feel that reading books like The Hate You Give and other own voices stories is an engaging way to try and expand ones own empathy by understanding not only the facts of police violence against black Americans but to be able to put yourself into the life of a person affected by this recent epidemic.
I can’t answer this question without reading the book. I can say I hope it will open many people’s eyes to what is really going on in the world but yet many times when I think that is what a book is going to do, it’s written by an author who is so far removed from the real world and reality that it’s not the truth. So I can only hope.
Having more information and getting another point of view in the systematic violence against Black Americans remains necessary...
As a teacher, I lead by example. To see my students rising up and going above and beyond what their elders have done in generations’ past to create social change is very exciting and rewarding. The winds of change are blowing...
One reason this book is important for me is because i live in a very white and insular city and a lot of the people don’t see how to empathize or don’t even recognize how or why black people often come from vastly different experiences and definitely the heritage is entirely different. This story is vital. Especially because it engaged with some aspects of black culture that makes white people I know uncomfortable—like why they live in “the ghetto”, language differences, and rap. My husband and I had another couple over for dinner and we were raving about Hamilton which we had recently seen, which led to a discussion on race. They didn’t understand why black people would think BLM is okay (because it’s too violent), why black people have beef now (instead of right after the slave era), and I shared Brene Brown’s discussion of how the system has historically favored white people so saying we’re equal or everyone’s important because black people have always and continued to be the non-dominant culture, but the biggest jaw-dropped for me was when the soft-spoken husband asked, “but this happens today?” And I realized he was super out of touch with our collective cultural situation. This book can very much help illustrate that.
I think there is a stereotype being set in the context of hatred towards black specifically in the circles of media which is largely consumed by public to form an informed opinion about any situation and this book should be able to serve as the challenge and reminder to the current situation straight from its origin to the hatred creeping in our daily life chores. I am saying this because I have seen people being biased towards an educated or rich Afro-American, not only them but if it’s any immigrant or refugee or from a different religion or the different sex they are also victim of the same hatred. Thus, this book in the current situation is of paramount importance!
The Hate U Give is a very insightful book. Even though I'm white, I would like to read this book to understand how black communities are affected by police brutality.
I think this book is important simply because it tackles an issue that still affects society nowadays. This book is a reminder that we still have a lot of work to do in ending violence
We need books like these--accessible, relatable, interesting--to help us better understand lives and deaths we cannot fathom. Please help me to get a copy of this book on my free reads (classroom) shelf.
This book is important because it is based around a major issue that African American citizens are experiencing in the present.
I feel is sooo important to read books like this because in a country like mine (Colombia), we can still see how the police and even the civil are violating the African-Americans rights in every possible way, they don't think that African-Americans are people too, with the same rights as us. So I think that with books like The Hate U Give, we can learn how to live understanding each other without violating them and of course, loving our differences.
It’s important because every kid should see themselves in a book and Starr’s story reaches kids who may never have had that opportunity.
As an aspiring educator, I have been introduced to this book by one of my professors as something that I should read before I become a teacher. After reading some background knowledge on the text I realized that I did in fact need to read this book. With America being in the current state of race relations and police brutality that we are in this book provides an important perspective on the issue. This story is told by a young black girl that is affected by police brutality through the harm of a friend. This can provide readers with the important insight into the issue that they may not know of beforehand. I would like to be able to read this book before I become a teacher, this time next year. This will help me gain insight into a group of people that are affected by stereotypes and intolerance when it is not needed. This can prepare me to know how to talk to students and help to prepare them for the world outside of a classroom.
This book not only is incredibly politically relevant, young readers who are experiencing these traumas first hand are able to find solace in the knowledge that they are not alone.
This book is important because nowadays there is a public debate (at last) about the problem of systemic racism and many cases of police violence against African-Americans have been published and criticised. As there were no people of colour in the community I grew up, I was very shocked to realise racism is still an issue today and would love to read more about it. I have also heard great reviews for the specific book!
It is crucial because, unfortunately, at this date, there is still racism in our society. Because we still accuse some people of doing something beased on their skin colour. Because we simply tend to judge some people to fast because of their skin colour even though we would like not to. If we can keep changing minds thanks to litterature, then let's go, we must not wait.
Awareness and understanding on global topics, specially something so delicate as racism, should be base and key for all generations, and this book is extremely relevant for this purpose. The book enables the reader to see beyond and open eyes to reality. We need to put ourselves in the shoes of others, hear different voices and perspectives, read and inform ourselves as much as we can and understand each other, only then we can make a possitive impact in the world that we live in.
This book is important to read because it is important for people to be informed. Literature, especially in a way that is not necessarily restricted to a true story and can have the liberties of a fictional story based on true events, is one of the strongest powers to influence people and make them think things (along with speakers.) This book can captivate readers in a way that will make them understand and acknowledge these issues, and maybe then they will find it in them to go out and do something about it.
As the conversation has really begun in our country and others about police brutality it's important to get information from the perspective of those it affects most. This book allows insights into the world of the oppressed and hopefully leads to more understanding, empathy, and activism
As a non-American, I would love to read this book to better understand the context and the personal stories behind the news stories we so often hear of police brutality in the states.
In a world only just beginning to find it's voice amongst the disadvantaged, we're still finding that the welcoming open minds in the remainder of the population are still struggling amidst generations upon generations of deep-rooted traditions. While many are standing among their fellow people to help light a way towards equality in every faction, it can't be denied that there is still that piece of change, however small, that can sometimes be too big to swallow. A fear of skin colour is held within both black and white people from 'stories' of the past and present, never truly fading away from stereotypes. By showing this book to a younger generation before such opinions are permanently tattooed in minds, even making it required reading in school, we can hope that it helps bring forth a true world of equality, where no one has to fear each other due to skin colour.
This book brings you into the hearts and minds of a family and allows you to see them as real people, not just a news story or statistic, potentially fostering compassion and understanding for the real dangers faced by POC every day.
This brings up a lot of important issues, about racism and weapon laws. It shows that the world still have a long way to go to achieve equality and justice in the world.
It is fundamental to understand multiple contexts and life experiences. Has a white human in Portugal, I don’t have complete knowledge of African-American history background, so this book would be very important for me to be more aware of this issues.
I would love my son to read this book. I think every book opens the possibility of seeing something from a new perspective. This has been on my list for us to read together. Thank you!
topical. important read for our continued crisis of race relations & mistrust.
Stories can help us digest the nature of our reality.
It is important as it is current dealing with things that are happening now and still. It gives a voice to what is really happening not the clouded segments that we are told we need to see and know.
Before we can combat racism and change the system that feeds off it, we must first train ourselves to see it. By paying attention to stories that privilege and stories that are written by African Americans, we can begin to understand their experiences of systemic racism, and how a lifetime of acts of micro aggression affects people.
This book is today relevant, right now this second relevant. As a non-American it helped me understand racism as this cancer that poisons every aspect of life, before I could barely imagine what was really going on and how stressful and threatening was to be black in America. I also highly appreciated all of the Harry Potter references. This novel is without doubt important but even when its main subject is very heavy it remains funny and easy to read.
Issues on racism should be acknowledged by all, because we live in a world of many different races. Thus, being racist towards a certain race should not be condoned. This book, which was inspired by a true event, should help curb racism among people, and hopefully to educate people to be equally fair to all races. This should be a good enough reason to read the book.
Racism has started a long time back, true that. And campaigns to stop it too have arisen, but the truth is it is not going to stop any time soon at least, but at least the future generation can be prevented from following into the footsteps of having an atypical and narrow mindset, that is being racist.Reading this book will lead to that. A wide number of teenagers and young adults have already this book, which may have lead to a new perspective set in their minds to prevent racism as much as they can even if in personal scale, which means handing this book over to younger siblings etc means creating a better world in a way or two, or you could also hand his book over to your elders, parents or whatever, because honestly, it is never too late to change for good, and certainly not a shame to admit that okay, I or my siblings or parents were racists but they have changed now whether it be for this book or someother reason.
Reading this book now means you get to change yourself for good if in case you have had contrasting viewpoints. It will also encourage people especially the younger generation to voice out their opinions, that is of what is exactly going wrong. And most of all to give them the courage to stop someone from doing whatever insolent act they are related to racism, not just against Black Americans or whatever but against any race, although of course the setting this book is set on, it is clear that the Black Americans were and are still being targeted.
Everyone whether black, white, fair or whatever is same.
And this book should honestly be read or at least recommended to change many people's weird and low perspectives against other races especially that of "African descent", which disgustingly even today exists.
And kudos to Angie Thomas for writing this epic piece.
P.S: I did not mean any offense to anyone, in case they do get offended by this post, it is an open discussion, therefore I shared my views. :)
As my part, I am always so amazed of women who stood up for all of us. I believe they will move this world forward. I do not know much of this book (YET!) but so far from the reviews I can absolutely say its one of a kind. The true storytelling is scary, terrifying, although brilliant. These women must earn all the respect. Every woman should have. Lets raise our voice.As living in Hungary its hard to just walk in the store and buy this book without ordering it from overseas. But I hope one day I can get it :)
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