The Hate You Give

 Hello everyone, I decided to write a blog on today's current events. I decided to write about the movie, the Hate you give. It is a about a girl named Starr and her family. 

This is a very important part in the beginning of the movie, It shows the dad sitting down with his children talking about the police, and what they should do if they get stopped by the police. 

He also gives them rules to memorize and to carry with them through-out their lives, he wants his children to stay safe. They have a gang that lives in their neighborhood, you will see that in the movie. There is also a scene where the father explains the meaning of the names he gives his children to his children, that is a powerful scene. It is a very significant part to the movie. 

Starr lives in a rough neighborhood,  In her neighborhood, she can be herself and feel comfortable. She goes to a public school in a busy area. In her school, she is known as the calm girl. 

She is two versions of herself, when she goes to school she is one version like she is easy-going, and doesn't cause any trouble. When she goes home she becomes another version, she is like happy to be home, hanging out with her friends and happy to be herself. 

She has siblings two brothers, their names are Seven and Sekani. Seven is her half brother,they have the same dad and a different mom. Her little brother is her whole brother. They all get along well. 

One night Starr gets invited to go to a neighborhood block party, she goes with one of her friends to the party. While she is there for a little, she notices one of her child-hood friends that she hasn't seen in forever. 

Her Child-hood friend was her first kiss. They had crushes on each other all their lives, Starr has a boyfriend named Chris you will see him in the movie, and learn about him in the movie, he is a really nice guy. He cares a lot about Starr. 

Her child-hood friend is named Khalil, he is so excited to see her, she has a big smile on her face about seeing him too. They catch up for a few minutes at the party, and then Khalil asks her if she would like to take a ride with him. 

Starr tells him she would like too, she cannot leave her friend, he tells her she will be ok. They go for the ride in the car, and listen to music, have a lively and joyful conversation, while they are riding along and talking Khalil pulls the car over for a minute, Khalil tells Starr that he really likes her, he gives her a kiss, she tells him that she has a boyfriend, he says that he knows and have heard about him then he tells her that they have time and continue driving. 

This is when Khalil's life and Starr's life changes drastically, while Khalil is almost to Starr's home the police sirens go off, he pulls the car over after he does that Starr hears and remembers in hear head what her father told her when she was a little girl what she should do if she ever got stopped by the police. 

She places her hands on the dashboard then tells Khalil to do the same thing so the police don't suspect anything is wrong or they are hiding something. 

The Police comes to the car, and asks Khalil the basic questions. Then he asks Khalil some other questions and Khalil starts getting frustrated and upset Starr is trying to help him by saying listen to the officer, he isn't hearing Starr at the moment because he is so mad and frustrated at the situation. 

The Police officer asks for his license and registration and to get out of the car and wait. Khalil tells him where his license and registration is and asks him if it's ok if he takes his hands down. 

The officer says ok, he takes them out and hands to the police officer and then gets out of the car. He stands for a few minutes by the car, he then decides to check to see how Starr is doing, he goes to the window of the car and asks Starr how she is doing, she says she is fine, and Khalil should go back to where he was the first time. 

Khalil first reaches for something inside of his car, the police sees that he has something in his hand and bringing it out of his car, then he shoots him three times. Khalil falls to the ground, and drops the object he had in his hand which was a hairbrush. 

Starr hears the shots and then gets out of the car and sees Khalil on the ground, and dying. She asks\the police officer what did he do? He says I thought he had a weapon in his hand it looked like a weapon. There is more in the story that happens with Khalil, Starr is the main Witness in Khalil's Story and shooting.

In the movie you will see how Starr's life changes, and how her life at school changes, her personality changes, you will also see what happens with her friends and her boyfriend. 

You will see how this impacts her family too, and how their lives change. And there is a very Important scene where Starr learns how to use her voice, and not let anyone make her be quiet, and that when she is ready to talk she should talk so people can know the truth about what happened and what's going on in the world.

I chose to write about this movie today because there is a lot of things happening in the world, a lot of events occurring happy and sad events, It is important to know what is going on in the world because I think some people want to have some knowledge of what is going on in the world, so they can know how to face the situation, and know how to move forward, and know what to expect.  

Some Positive events that have happened are some kids got scholarships to schools, and got accepted to different football teams. There was different black lives movements, saying that black lives are important too. It was shown on different news stations of people coming together and showing different communities of people using their voice of and showing what is important to them. There is another significant scene in the movie where you see Starr use her voice in front of everyone, she is really brave and courages, she is brave enough to put her life on the line in front of the police to let them know that her and everyone's life is important.