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The Hate U Give is a young adult novel written by Mississippian Angie Thomas. As a young white female teaching students that look, act, and live like the main character in this novel, this book hit me hard. I grew up in a middle class suburban New York home with parents that stressed the importance of education, it is hard for me to identify with my students who don't have families that force them to sit and do their homework after school. My students go home and take care of their siblings, work to help pay the bills, & had to grow up faster than I did. Last year, we lost a student who was gunned down in a drug deal gone bad. This shook me to the core, and I couldn't fathom how in the following weeks students were getting caught with weed. Ms. Thomas' novel opens the eyes of all who didn't grow up in the "ghetto" and helps solidify the struggle of the teens who live in that environment. The loss of life, the struggle of the children and families in this novel, and desire to break from the system which isn't designed to pull families out of the state they're in are all things my students face on a daily basis. As I read, I felt as if I was seeing the world through the eyes of my students. Questions I didn't know I had were asked and answered. A Name Has Power...
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