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The Hate U Give is Angie Thomas’s first novel about a teenage girl who grapples with racism, police brutality, and activism after witnessing her black friend murdered by the police, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in reaction to the police shooting of Oscar Grant. The book became an immediate young adult bestseller and was adapted into [https://blackwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Hate_U_Give_(2018) The Hate U Give Movie] shortly after its release. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hate_U_Give The Hate U Give]. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
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The Hate U Give is Angie Thomas’s first novel about a teenage girl who struggles to deal with racism, police brutality, and activism after seeing her black friend killed by the police, extended from a short story she wrote in school in response to the police shooting of Oscar Grant. TThe book turned into an immediate young adult bestseller and was adapted into [https://blackwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Hate_U_Give_(2018) The Hate U Give Movie] shortly after its release. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hate_U_Give The Hate U Give]. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
  
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uncomfortable harmony between these worlds is broken when Starr observes the deadly shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil who was unarmed, at the hands of a police officer.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. <ref>[https://www.bookbrowse.com/bb_briefs/detail/index.cfm/ezine_preview_number/12092/the-hate-u-give The Hate U Give Book Summary]. Book Browse. Retrieved January 28 2021.</ref>
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Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are considering him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are rioting in Khalil's name. Some police and the local drug lord attempt to threaten Starr and her family. <ref>[https://www.bookbrowse.com/bb_briefs/detail/index.cfm/ezine_preview_number/12092/the-hate-u-give The Hate U Give Book Summary]. Book Browse. Retrieved January 28 2021.</ref>
  
 
== Controversy ==
 
== Controversy ==
Starr Carter, a young African-American woman who witnesses her childhood friend gunned down by a policeman during a traffic stop.
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Starr Carter, an African-American girl who witnesses her friend killed with a gun by a policeman during a traffic stop, gets actively educated bt her parents about racism. Her parents are giving advice about how to deal with themselves while communicating with white people and tutoring them throughout the entire existence of activism that has tried to bring issues to light about the outcomes of racism for all Americans. The author of The Hate U Give has delivered a powerful story that strikes the heart of contemporary race relations in the United States. <ref>Alexander, Jonathan. [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stories-in-the-aftermath-the-hate-u-give/ Other People’s Children, Part 2: Stories in the Aftermath, or “The Hate U Give”]. Los Angeles Review of Books. 8 December 2017. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
Starr’s parents actively educate her and her siblings about racism, giving advice about how to handle themselves when interacting with white people and tutoring them in the history of activism that has sought to raise awareness about the consequences of racism for all Americans.  
 
This author of The Hate U Give has delivered a powerful novel that strikes the heart of contemporary race relations in the United States.<ref>Alexander, Jonathan. [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stories-in-the-aftermath-the-hate-u-give/ Other People’s Children, Part 2: Stories in the Aftermath, or “The Hate U Give”]. Los Angeles Review of Books. 8 December 2017. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 07:42, 5 March 2021

The Hate U Give Cover Book

The Hate U Give is Angie Thomas’s first novel about a teenage girl who struggles to deal with racism, police brutality, and activism after seeing her black friend killed by the police, extended from a short story she wrote in school in response to the police shooting of Oscar Grant. TThe book turned into an immediate young adult bestseller and was adapted into The Hate U Give Movie shortly after its release. [1]

Plot

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uncomfortable harmony between these worlds is broken when Starr observes the deadly shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil who was unarmed, at the hands of a police officer. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are considering him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are rioting in Khalil's name. Some police and the local drug lord attempt to threaten Starr and her family. [2]

Controversy

Starr Carter, an African-American girl who witnesses her friend killed with a gun by a policeman during a traffic stop, gets actively educated bt her parents about racism. Her parents are giving advice about how to deal with themselves while communicating with white people and tutoring them throughout the entire existence of activism that has tried to bring issues to light about the outcomes of racism for all Americans. The author of The Hate U Give has delivered a powerful story that strikes the heart of contemporary race relations in the United States. [3]

References

  1. The Hate U Give. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 27 2021.
  2. The Hate U Give Book Summary. Book Browse. Retrieved January 28 2021.
  3. Alexander, Jonathan. Other People’s Children, Part 2: Stories in the Aftermath, or “The Hate U Give”. Los Angeles Review of Books. 8 December 2017. Retrieved January 27 2021.