In a monologue, Starr states this constant “code switching” causes her to loathe herself.
On the other hand, Starr attends Williamson, a predominantly white prep school located outside of her district where she is conscious to moderate her use of slang and other “hood” mannerisms around her white friends, fearing the latter might be put off by any “confrontational” gestures on her part. Starr refers to the local high school as a place where you go to get “high, jumped or kidnapped.” There she and her siblings cope with the daily pressures of that life-including poverty and run-ins with gang members and the police, the latter often harassing residents without cause. On one hand, she resides in Garden Heights, a fictional lower-income, predominantly African-American neighborhood. Years later, Starr (Amandla Stenberg) essentially lives two lives. They are told, in the event they are pulled over by a police officer, to always keep their hands clearly visible and not to move, because “moving makes police nervous.”
The film (whose title is drawn from a lyric by rapper Tupac Shakur: “The Hate U Give Little Infants F-s Everybody” – T.H.U.G.L.I.F.E.) begins with a flashback depicting a much younger Starr Carter and her siblings receiving “The Talk” from her father, Maverick (Russell Hornsby), a former drug dealer who has since chosen the straight and narrow. While watching the film, this reviewer noted that the audience was comprised largely of teenagers and young adults. Undoubtedly, the interest in such social questions reflects deeper processes occurring in the population. It is of some significance that a film dealing directly with police violence and issues of social class has been widely released and viewed. The Hate U Give-directed by George Tillman, Jr., written by Audrey Wells and based on the 2017 novel of the same title by Angie Thomas-addresses itself to the phenomenon of police brutality and its effect on a young, African-American working class girl and her family.
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