![]() ![]() But Starr's story and living in those two different worlds is definitely something that I connected with because I went to a mostly white, upper-class private Christian college in conservative Mississippi while living in the 'hood. If I came up here and I was speaking a certain way, you may assume that I'm ignorant just because of that. "I think, to an extent, for a lot of us African-Americans, code switching is often - it feels like a survival tactic. ![]() ![]() On Starr's code switching, and navigating different worlds ![]() So it was actually the frustration and the anger and the pain that led me to write the short story that later became 'The Hate U Give.' "Ī feature film based on the book is in production. "I was inspired because I was in college when that happened, and I was being those two different people in those two different worlds, like Starr," Thomas says of her own experience. The plot is inspired by the real-life police shooting of an unarmed black man, Oscar Grant, in California. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 5 years old.Īuthor Angie Thomas ( received critical acclaim for her debut novel, " The Hate U Give." The story follows 16-year-old Starr Carter as she navigates two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives, and her upscale suburban prep school. Author Angie Thomas talks with WBUR's Robin Young at the First Parish Church in Cambridge. ![]()
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