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Injustice In 'The Hate U Give'

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The theme of Injustice appears throughout The Hate U Give by people giving hate to each other and judging people based on the color of their skin.
For example, “ My parents haven’t raised me to fear the police, just to be smart around them.” (Thomas, 23)
This shows that Starr’s Parents teach them how to act around cops to make sure they are safe. They need to learn how to act around cops to make sure the cops don’t unjustly do something to them because they are black. Additionally, “ ‘You said it yourself, he thought Khalil was a drug dealer.’ Daddy said. ’A thug. Why did he assume that though? By looking at Khalil…’ (Thomas, Page 52)
This shows that the cop assumed that Khalil was a bad person just by looking at him. Khalil died unjustly because the cop assumed he was a Thug.
In conclusion, people die because of cops unjustly thinking that all black people are ‘dangerous’ . …show more content…

For example, “ I’ve seen it happen over and over again : a black person gets killed just for being black.” (Thomas, Page 34)
This shows that people , especially white people, tend to hate against black people all the time, it still happens now in modern times.
In addition, people are discriminating against black people ‘just for being black’. Additionally, “ ‘You said it yourself, he thought Khalil was a drug dealer.’ Daddy said. ’A thug. Why did he assume that though? By looking at Khalil…’ (Thomas, Page 52)
This shows that the cop that killed Khalil thought he was a drug dealer just by looking at him, ‘just because’ he is black.
This also shows that Khalil was discriminated against ‘just because’ he was a black man, he was unjustly killed In conclusion, people are being unjustly discriminated against ‘just because’ they are a different skin tone compared to

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