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Where her mom, Lisa ( Regina Hall), sends all three kids to be safe from violence at the ghetto High School in Garden Heights. You see, before Khalil’s death, Starr’s been living a lie at Williamson (private) School. And, Starr witnesses the murder driving home after escaping a “hood” party turned violent. Khalil is the one who told Starr about Tupac and THUG LIFE not even an hour before: “Meaning what society gives to us when we little comes back to bite them in the ass when we grow up and wild up.”īut, this time for Khalil, the way he’s been hated (and his defiant anger about it) bites him in the ass instead. Khalil never had the talk Maverick gave to his kids. His murder after standing up for his rights to Officer 115 a man so scared of Blacks, he mistook a hairbrush for a gun. We see what happens to Khalil ( Algee Smith). One of the awful truths about living with hate. It can get real dangerous, so don’t argue. The talk, no surprise, is about being Black hated by the police and what to do if you‘re ever stopped: “Keep your hands where they can see them because it makes police nervous. We’re introduced to the realities of rapper Tupac’s THUG LIFE: “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody.” Maverick Carter ( Russell Hornsby gives his kids, nine-year-old, Starr, ten-year-old, Seven ( Lamar Johnson), and one-year-old Sekani ( TJ Wright) “the talk.” A sadly necessary talk. Speaking out isn’t so easy when you’re oppressed and scared from the time you’re born. THUG LIFE: Traumatizing Little Infants With Hate I know beyond a doubt that finding a voice to express anger speak out against unfairness is the best weapon of all. I specialize in early trauma PTSD and situations that lead to terror. I am a psychologist and psychoanalyst though. To be Black poor live in the ghetto fight the fight that the people and families in The Hate U Give live every day of their lives. But I don’t know from the inside what it’s like …
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So perhaps I’m one of those “privileged whites” Starr comes up against at Williamson School. I’ve never experienced extreme anti-semitism. And, since both hate and self-hate are damaging to hope, we all have to actively fight it where we can. Especially if people (police, for example) refuse to listen.
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Amandla Stenberg’s moving performance as Starr Carter makes even clearer just how scary hate and self-hate can be to fight. That’s one of the things The Hate U Give makes very clear. I’ve re-posted this piece in support of those who are now actively standing up against racism in the form of police brutality. George Tillman, Jr’s compellingly forceful film offers us a very important set of remedies: Speak Out.
#STARR THE HATE YOU GIVE CODE#
Dedicated to those who’ve spent their lives, like Starr Carter in The Hate U Give, having to hide, needing to code-switch to play it safe (as discussed on NPR’s Code Switch). This piece is in honor of Black Lives Matter.