The Hate U Give Injustice Examples

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One example of injustice appears throughout “The Hate U Give” when Khalil gets shot and they leave his body out in the open for everyone to see. For example, when Star thinks about how they didn’t respect the items in his car. “...The cops rummage through Khalil’s car. I try to tell them to stop. Please, cover his body with a sleeve. Please, close his eyes, he said. Please, close his mouth. Get away from his car. Don’t pick up his hairbrush. But the words never come out.” (Thomas, Page 17). This shows that they didn’t care about him enough to care about his things. In addition, this means they didn’t care enough to respect him or Star in the situation. Additionally, When Star thinks about how long it took them to cover Khalil's body. “...They …show more content…

Louis had a loud disagreement. For instance, when the cop holds Mavrick down on the ground, it reminds Star of what happened with Khalil. The black cop keeps his knee on Daddy’s back as he searches him. He pats him down once, twice, three times, just like One-Fifteen did Khalil. Nothing.” (Thomas, Page 88). This shows that even though Maverick didn’t do anything, they decided to make an example out of him. In addition, this shows that they wanted to scare Star by being disrespectful to her dad in front of her. Beforehand, the officer yells at him to get down, but only after learning who he is. ”The black officer looks at him. “Get on the ground, hands behind your back.” “But—” “On the ground, face-down!” he yells. “Now!” (Thomas, page 87). This means that they didn’t want him on the ground until they found out he was Star’s dad. This also shows that they didn’t care about causing a scene as long as it scared Star. This shows “The Hate U Give” has mentions of police brutality, which is also an injustice that needs to be fixed in the real world. It also shows that injustice appears throughout “The Hate U Give” when Mavrick doesn’t want to call the cops because they could have been the reason their house got shot up in the first place. For example, when Uncle Carlos finally gets to their house, Mavrick says “Hell nah! How did I know it wasn’t them?”

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