Well, I’m going to tell them even louder. Author Angie Thomas was quick to respond on Twitter: “I’m saddened to hear that a school district in Texas banned #TheHateUGive, but I’m also empowered-you’re basically telling the kids of the Garden Heights of the world that their stories shouldn’t be told.
not its substantive content or the viewpoint expressed” that led to the ban. Yet it was a parent’s complaint of “inappropriate language” that led a school district in Katy, Texas, to remove it from circulation a superintendent went on to claim that it was the book’s “pervasive vulgarity and racially insensitive language. With a plot that mirrors current national news headlines, it’s unsurprising that this book would spark as much controversy as the real-life shootings of unarmed black teens like Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice. When a black teen girl witnesses a police officer fatally shoot her unarmed friend Khalil, she must find the courage to speak out despite the inevitable backlash.
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