Injustice Depicted In The Book 'The Hate U Give'

Injustice is when someone is treated unfairly or their rights are violated. In The Hate U Give, this theme is prominent. For instance, Khalil's unjust killing by Officer 115, without a valid reason for the pullover, vividly portrays this. Starr also grapples with double standards at her school, showcasing the impact of injustice on her life. Moreover, Officer 115's lack of indictment exposes systemic failures that enable such injustices to persist. The theme of injustice happens in the book “The Hate You Give” very often as Starr and her friends go through it. For example “Corporate America don’t bring jobs to our communities,and they damn sure ain’t quick to hire us”(78 thomas) Starrs dad is saying that they are trapped in a system and for

The Brendas can’t get jobs unless they’re clean, and they can’t pay for rehab unless they got jobs”(78 Thomas). This is when people are treated unfairly in the legal system. In the book, characters like Brenda and Khalil face challenges because of poverty and lack of support. Khalil turns to selling drugs out of desperation, showing how circumstances can push people into crime. In conclusion, in the book “the hate u give” injustices happens very often as this reflects the life of others in these situations.. Another example in the book it says “Oh, so you can drag me to play basketball during one of your feminist rages, but you can't follow my Tumblr because of Emmett Till? I don’t know why I can’t make myself bring it up. It’s Tumblr”(51 Thomas) this shows that character is judged based on who they associate with rather than their actions. Also later in the book we figured out that Haley didn’t want to see all that “black” stuff on her feed. Another piece of evidence from the book is “An Indian gas station owner is wrongly attacked after Khalil's death, even though he had nothing to do with it”(65