Starr Carter’s Struggle with Racial Injustice and Socioeconomic Status
Words: 783 Pages: 3 3002The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, explores the topic of race in America through the eyes of the main character, Starr Carter. Starr, a teenage black girl, lives in the poor neighborhood of Garden Heights while attending the predominantly white Williamson Prep school. Starr finds herself in the distinct situation of grappling with two divergent and diametrically opposed worlds. Deeply entrenched in both the "Black Lives Matter" and "Police Lives Matter" movements, Starr and her family endure racial discrimination […]