The Hate U Give Quotes

The Hate U Give, a young adult novel published in 2017 by Angie Thomas, is about a Black teenage girl who faces various types of oppression. Starr Carter is a 16 year old girl who is stuck between a poor and rich life. She lives in Garden Heights, an impoverished neighborhood consisting mainly of black individuals, and attends Williamson Prep, a wealthy school mainly full of white students. Starr witnessed the shooting of her friend, Khalil Harris, whom she grew up with, and she also dealt with the racist actions of her peers; this led her to create negative aspects about herself. Starr’s continuous experiences of discrimination caused her to create negative thoughts about her identity. Starr overcomes Institutional, Interpersonal, and Internalized Oppression through Familial, Navigational, Resistance, and

This quote illustrates Institutional Oppression because the detectives are not focusing on investigating the scene of Officer One-Fifteen shooting Khalil, but are more interested in Khalil’s actions as an attempt to justify his death. As a result, Lisa steps in to protect Starr from these irrelevant questions; Starr’s whole family supports her, showing how Familial Capital is used by Starr to get through the trauma she experienced. Due to the negative actions done by those with power, people of Starr’s age also tend to discriminate against her because of her race. Starr’s life is impacted by Interpersonal Oppression, which she overcomes with Social Capital. Interpersonal Oppression is an interaction between a person of the marginalized group and an individual of the dominant group, in which disrespect and mistreatment are reflected. During school, after speaking with her boyfriend, Chris, about a situation that made her upset, Starr mentions how happy Chris makes her feel, despite all the obstacles they go through. Thomas says, “I can’t lie, we get the ‘why is he dating her’ stare that usually comes from rich white girls” (Thomas