THUG: Power And Privilage

Our English assignment explaining how people with power need to stand up and speak out.

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The Hate U Give (2018) (dir. George Tillman Jr.)

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“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.”

— Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

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The Hate U Give is out October 22nd across the UK.

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what’s right.

Based on the critically acclaimed bestseller by Angie Thomas and starring Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Common and Anthony Mackie.

See The Hate U Give In Cinemas Now. Book your tickets here

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The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas | @wnq-books

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Reason is a useful tool, but devoid of empathy, it is empty

The idea that “reason” can be used in the public sphere to reach some sort of universal consensus on “the truth” of any given situation is immensely flawed. There is no such thing as an objective reality that can be reached through “reason,” and if that’s the end goal of our political and social debates we are doomed to forever yell at each other across deep chasms of meaning and subjective experience.

“Reason” was used to justify slavery. Reason was used to prove the inferiority of women and people of color. Reason was used to criminalize homosexuality and label it a scientific aberration. Reason was used for centuries to justify the rule of wealthy white men over the rest of us, because clearly, they argued, they were the most “reasonable” and “logical” breed of human being. Reason is still being used to disenfranchise trans people in North America and justify dictatorships and imperialism worldwide.

I could easily use reason to justify both pro-choice and pro-life positions, as both rely on underlying assumptions that are not universally accepted.

We cannot use reason alone to progress as a happy, healthy society. Instead, we must use empathy. Empathy for other people’s lives.The humility necessary to listen to other people’s truths. The ability to recognize that what we understand as self-evident may not resonate with the lived experiences of others.

Once we can see other people as human beings worthy of love and respect, regardless of their circumstances, their beliefs, their flaws? That’s when we can finally find solutions to problems that respect the humanity (and in my belief, the divinity) of all individuals.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQK8H0z-irM)

This video showed truly what different races think of white privilege. One thing for sure is that everyone agreed that it does exist. 

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Black history month isin the month of February. We learn more about the black culture and how many empowering people in history have helped gain justice for their people. Influencers now have taken over and are always fighting in what they believe in.

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People of colour are being racially stereotyped everyday. It happens with the little questions they are asked like the examples above. People do not take in consideration that this questions can be very offensively taken. We need to open our eyes and pay attention to what we say before we say it.

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There has been thousands and thousands of protests about how black lives matter, racism and injustice. After many years black culture are still protesting about the same issue. This is a wake up call about how we need to stop just hearing about it and take action, and make a difference.

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These are some of many powerful and important figures in black culture. They helped proving racism wrong and they stood up for themselves and ours about what’s right.

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#StephonClark, age 22, father of 2: 

Unarmed 

Black 

Shot to death 20 times by police while standing in his own back yard 

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" People like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice"

- 'The Hate U Give', Angie Thomas

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#BlackLivesMatter vs #AllLivesMatter & Checking My White Privileg

In this video, a young white woman who grew up poor discusses how she didn’t think she had privilege until she found out some of the things POC’s have to deal with on a day-to-day basis such as being surveilled when walking around a store, police brutality, and other things. Just because you’re not rich does not mean you don’t have privilege. 

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This is not how police are supposed to control these situations.

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