describe at least one conflict in the written text
"the event is the shooting of Khalil"
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at his funeral there was king lords who came to pay their respects and put their traditional bandana on his body, his grandma and maverick yelled at the KL to get out and threw the bandana off his body
Khalil's death disrupts any semblance of equilibrium Starr has created between her Garden Heights and Williamson Prep identities, and forces Starr to realize that no matter what she does, she will always be judged within white spaces.
DeVante eventually reveals that he refused to join the King Lords gang and only sold drugs to repay Brenda’s debt after she stole money from King, the biggest drug dealer in the neighbourhood.
Khalil was the second friend of Starr that was shot by a police officer on the streets, protesting happened during school called "justice for Khalil", more protesting happened in town with other individuals as well as Starr, Chris and Seven
"Drugs come from somewhere, and they're destroying our community," he says. “You got folks like Brenda, who think they need them to survive, and then you got the Khalils who think they need to sell them to survive."
Although he dies in chapter two, Khalil plays an important symbolic role in The Hate U Give. Specifically, Khalil's murder dramatizes the process of dehumanization and demonization of young black men in the wider news media that allows them to become scapegoats for the violence in their communities
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Starr's reflection on the injustice of the grand jury's decision highlights the power of systemic racism. Her only way to fight for Khalil was to testify before the grand jury at great personal risk, and yet not even her best fight and having the truth on her side werent strong enough to get Khalil justice.
KHALIL
Starr feels immense guilt for not being a part of Khalil's life in the months before he died. She starts a Tumblr blog showing the world the side of him she knew, and, emboldened by her family and by activist April Oprah, eventually decides to give a television interview to tell the world what happened.
Starr blames herself for doubting Khalil and thinks public opinion would change if they knew why Khalil sold drugs. DeVante calls himself a thug because he sold drugs and was actually a gang member
STARRS FEELINGS
Starr worries that the public will only see Khalil as a drug dealer, even though “he was so much more than that.” She looks around at Khalil's family and notes that regardless of what he did, he mattered to them.
Khalil was a drug dealer only to support his family with the money that has was given, people suspected him to be a drug dealer but didnt know he was a King Lord
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Even Khalil’s drug dealing reads differently when DeVante tells Starr that Khalil had to raise money to protect his mother. Although the media portrays drug dealing as intrinsic to who Khalil was, the truth reveals that Khalil made difficult choices based on the circumstances he faced
COPS
"And at the end of the day, you don't kill someone for opening a car door. If you do, you shouldn't be a cop.”
After his death, the media quickly paints Khalil as a drug dealer with gang connections. This narrative flattens Khalil into a thug who posed a viable threat to One-Fifteen and makes Khalil responsible for his own death.
. Because Starr feels torn between her two worlds—the poverty and violence of Garden Heights and the wealth and respectability of Williamson Prep—she is unsure how to speak about Khalil's death, fearing the story will affect how her white friends and boyfriend, Chris, view her.
Starr says that Khalil's death is part of the hate, and if black communities don't speak up, nothing will change. Starr realizes that if speaking out is the only way to change things, she cannot stay silent.
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FUNERAL
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“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela
Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right. Starrs mom
Starr says loudly and publicly at the protest is, “Khalil lived!” In doing so, she reclaims Khalil's humanity and emphasizes that Khalil's life had value.
Dismissed by many in the media as a “thug,” “gangbanger,” and “drug dealer,” Khalil's death becomes a catalyst for protests against racial injustice throughout the community.
Throughout the novel, the police and media quickly found reasons why Khalil's death was inevitable and justified by portraying him as a drug dealer.
Khalil's name finally appears on the news, along with the title “Suspected Drug Dealer.” The news does not mention that he was unarmed, and says the police spoke to an “unnamed witness.” As Starr feared, Khalil's drug dealing overshadows everything else about him and is already being used to make him seem guilty.
One-Fifteen's father paints a picture of Khalil's death that is nothing like what Starr experienced. He portrays both Starr and Khalil as dangerous threats who cursed at One-Fifteen, resisted his orders, and conspired to take him down
or oppose such a claim, and the notion that he was in a gang will surely hurt his case in court and the media.
People now recognize Starr as independent from Maverick because they see Starr as a hero helping the community in her own right.
She believes that change will come because people will keep fighting and refusing to forget. She vows to Khalil that she will never forget and never give up.
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The Hate U Give examines the way society uses stereotypes of black people to justify violence and racism against them. These stereotypes protect white communities, such as the students at Starr's school, Williamson Prep, from reflecting upon systemic racism, which perpetuates discrimination.
the impact of the media, particularly how it influences society, elevates racism and creates bonds between characters. In The Hate U Give the media strongly influences society and encourages racism.
the bandana is the King Lords' way of “claiming” a member, and signals to the community that Khalil was in the gang—yet Khalil can no longer speak for himself to either support
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Starr's family arrives at Khalil's funeral. When Starr takes her turn to view the casket, she thinks Khalil's corpse looks like a mannequin,
Starr says that because she had not seen Khalil in months before his death, she is worried about attending the funeral Maverick and Lisa then give Mrs. Rosalie money to pay for Khalil's funeral.
Maverick and Lisa then give Mrs. Rosalie money to pay for Khalil's funeral. Starr understands that white society flattens black identity and will be all too quick to define Khalil in a way that conforms with prejudiced assumptions about black people
The author's portrayal of the shooting in the story and the events following– from media coverage to protests and riots– relates closely to instances of police brutality that have happened in the real world
''it's dope to be black until it's hard to be black'' Starr
"you're making us out to be monsters"
“At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”
Khalil's killing becomes a national news story and causes a town wide protest against racial injustice
This nuanced portrait of Khalil cannot coexist with a negative stereotype about black youth. Thus, Starr’s insistence on talking about Khalil’s life rather than his death during the protest serves to remind the crowds and the readers of the multidimensionality of Khalil as a human being, rather than as a symbol for the police or the media to project their ideas of blackness onto.
The hairbrush represents both the blinding power and senselessness of racism. One-Fifteen alleges that he shot Khalil because he mistook his hairbrush for a gun.
The grand jury decides not to prosecute One-Fifteen
“Don't fall for that trap. That's what they want. If you don't wanna speak out, that's up to you, but don't let it be because you're scared of them."