The Context of White Supremacy hosts the fifth study session on Angie Thomas's historically popular young adult novel, The Hate U Give. Allegedly authored in response to the 2009 police killing of Oscar Grant, Thomas's work "debuted at the top of The New York Times's Young Adult best-seller list, and has drawn ecstatic praise from critics, librarians, book sellers and prominent young-adult novelists," writes The Times's Alexandra Alter. After more than 55 weeks, The Hate U Give remains cemented on The Times's bestseller list and is being formatted for a major motion picture starring The Hunger Games's Amandla Stenberg. Last week's session offered another healthy heap of anti-blackness. Starr fawns over her White boyfriend Chris, while simultaneously announcing her sexual attraction to her White female classmate, Jess. Starr's father Maverick, the character Thomas describes as her favorite, continues to be undermined. A black police officer forces him on the ground in front of his children, and his wife hints that she might have plans to relocate the children without his consent. Between junk food and calls to "black jesus," readers are bludgeoned with stories of black death and pathology. White characters like Jess and Chris becomes sexually appealing representations of "normalcy." #AntiBlackness INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943#