Examples Of Injustice In The Hate U Give

Injustice is the lack of fairness, justice, and/or the violation of the rights of another. In the book, The Hate U Give, this theme appears quite frequently, in the community as well as law enforcement. The police who interviewed Starr only showed interest in whether or not Khalil was a drug dealer, the only questions they asked were about if Khalil was doing anything shady and not about his actual death. Moreover, Hailey also writes Khalil off as just a drug dealer, showing that she believes that somehow justifies his death. The response the public had to Starr’s news interview, some standing with her, others strongly against her. Clearly, the theme of injustice in the book is certainly not few and far between, and Starr has to deal with it and find a way to make something out of it.

Throughout the whole book, injustices happen around Starr, for example “There's a short story about an officer involved in a shooting that’s under investigation. They don't even say Khalil's name” (Thomas, 25). This shows that the police don’t want a lot of details to be known about Khalil’s death. Only mentioning “an officer involved in the shooting” and not mentioning anything about Khalil or one-fifteen (the officer) distances one-fifteen from responsibility. In addition to that, the article giving such little information on the details of the shooting feels as though it is lessening the impact it has on the lives of the people who know Khalil. Another example of injustice in the book is shown during Starr’s police interview, “You haven’t asked my child about that cop yet” momma says. “You keep asking her about Khalil like he’s the reason he’s dead.” (Thomas, 49). This quote from the book shows that the police are not interested in holding the officer accountable for killing Khalil despite him not being a threat. The police are deliberately avoiding the subject of the