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Hate You Give Thesis

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Mender DiMartino
Ms. Staples
English 9, Block D
26 January 2023
Power of The Voice People may all see the same image, but we all have different perspectives on how we feel on the same topic. No matter the case, we must address how we feel, not by violence, but through our words. In Thomas’s novel “The Hate You Give” by Angie Thomas, Starr experiences and witnesses many discriminatory acts, ultimately learning that racism in society will not change unless people speak up and challenge oppressive actions and beliefs on personal and societal levels. (Added Thesis)
Starr’s experience throughout this novel changes; she experiences many instances of discrimination, and racism throughout the book. With all of this weighing her down she manages to …show more content…

Hailey says a racist comment to Start when playing basketball. Starr gets angry with Hailey about the joke she makes about her race: “Dammit, Starr!” Hailey yells, recovering the ball. She passes it to me. “Hustle! Pretend the ball is some fried chicken. Bet you’ll stay on it then. me fried chicken. Bet you’ll stay on it then.” What. The. Actual. F**k?” (Thomas 53 PDF). Hailey’s joke that she said to Starr, regarding her race, she took very personally when she says, “What. The. Actual. F**k?” The reason why Starr took this so personally is that she is looked at for living in Garden Heights as a minority, so Hailey took advantage of this by making a joke about chicken, a food that anyone can eat, but Hailey makes it personal, and makes it into a racist comment towards Starr. Hailey takes the joke too far when she yells, “Pretend the ball is some fried …show more content…

(Added new starter) Starr finally builds up the courage to use her voice as her greatest weapon to speak out against discrimination. Starr leads the protest against police brutality after Kahlil’s death in Garden Heights. Starr is on top of a car speaking into a microphone.
“A hairbrush is not a gun.” He opens the door to ask if I’m okay. Then pow-pow— “A hairbrush is not a gun!” I scream loud as I can, fist high in the air, tears in my eyes. “I’m going to invite Sister Freeman to come up and give a word about the injustice that took place tonight,” Ms. Ofrah says. (Thomas 176 PDF) Previously before the protest, Starr’s Attorney, Ofrah, tells Starr that her greatest weapon is her voice,
This changes Starr’s attitude and the way she thinks towards police brutality and discrimination, this message that Ofrah says motivates Starr so much that she gets on top of a car and leads the protest in Garden Heighst by saying, “A hairbrush is not a gun!”Starr leads the protest in Garden Heights about racial injustice and police brutality towards Kahlil, and other minorities. She leads this protest with the words, “A hairbrush is not a

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