Starr Carter’s Two Identities in “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give follows Starr Carter, a Black teenager navigating two conflicting worlds: her poor neighborhood of Garden Heights and her predominantly white school, Williamson. To fit in, Starr code-switches, suppressing parts of her identity to avoid stereotypes. After witnessing her friend Khalil’s death at the hands of a police officer, she is forced to confront issues of race, identity, and justice. Through Starr’s struggle, Thomas highlights the importance of finding one’s voice against systemic racism.
References
Dwipujovati, Dita. Starr’s Struggle to Find Her Identity in Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give. 2020. Undergraduate thesis. Universitas Sanata Dharma Repository.
Ford, Tanisha C. “The Complexity of Black Girlhood is at the Heart of The Hate U Give.” The Atlantic, 2018, Web.
Grady, Constance. “Social issues YA novels can be terrible. The Hate U Give is a stunning exception.” Vox, 2018, Web.
Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. HarperCollins, 2017.
Young, Cate. “Through the Eyes of Others: “The Hate U Give” and the Burden of Racial Awareness.” Bitch Media, 2018, Web.
Reference
StudyCorgi. (2025, September 22). Starr Carter’s Two Identities in “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. https://studycorgi.video/starr-carters-two-identities-in-the-hate-u-give-by-angie-thomas/