Starr responds, “I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving.” Who do you sympathize with? Tell a story from your life.ħ. He says his son wanted to make a difference in the Garden Heights community. Starr is angered by the news interview featuring One-Fifteen’s father. Who were you raised to admire? What does this tell you about the values your community prized-or feared?Ħ. and Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. There is a tension in the book between the anti-racist philosophies represented by civil rights activists Dr. Can you relate? How does grief have a way of alienating you? What are the invisible losses of losing someone?ĥ. She doesn’t want them to pity her, valorize her, or treat her differently because of it. Starr is frustrated by people’s treatment of her after the shooting. Now I am that person, and I’m too afraid to speak.” How have you responded to recent police shootings of black people?** How do you imagine you’d respond if you were an eyewitness, like Starr?Ĥ. When Starr loses her childhood friend, Kahlil, to a police shooting, she’s surprised by her response, reflecting, “I always said that if I saw it happen to somebody, I would have the loudest voice, making sure the world knew what went down. Which talks were/are important in your family? How does your response reflect your social location?ģ. Starr got two talks growing up: one about the “birds and the bees,” the other about what to do if she got stopped by a cop. Either version of me.” In what places have you felt this same tension? In what ways is this tension particular to people from historically oppressed groups?*Ģ. In the opening scene of Angie Thomas’s novel, The Hate U Give, Starr reflects, “There are just some places where it’s not enough to be me. To learn more about the Everything Happens Book Club, click here.ġ.
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