https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0 A novel by Angie Thomas en-us 2019-03-13 15:20:02 UTC 2025-12-23 17:13:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 23burkholderr https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/341590361 2019-03-15 01:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/341590361 23burkholderr https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/343131894 I never knew that police brutality could happen to someone just because of the skin they wear. 

I never knew that thepeople in the government could decide who a person is based on their skin color.

I never knew that people assumed from someones skin color that the dealt or did drugs.

I never knew how racist, corrupt, and one sided it can be when it come to people with a different skin color.]]> 2019-03-20 00:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/343131894 23burkholderr https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/343132917 After reading this book I felt much more black empathy for black people and all they have to go through. I was able to put myself in their shoes and realize how corrupt  the experience is of the average black person with government. I also realized how black people are kept at ridiculous standards in school and in life. If a black person is perfect but has one slip up that person will be frowned upon and written off as "another crazy black person". I realized how important it is that everyone get along not based on skin color, gender, sexuality or anything else just a persons personality. 

]]> 2019-03-20 00:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/343132917 23burkholderr https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/344636295 Bri from "On the Come Up" and Starr from "The Hate U Give" share many similarities and differences.  One similarity they share is they were both scared at first to use their voices. In "On the Come Up" Bri was scared to show the video of her being assaulted by security at her school. She was scared because she didn't want people to look at her as the girl who got assaulted by security. In "The Hate U Give"  Starr was scared to come out as the girl who was in the car with Kalil when he was killed. Starr was also scared to on the TV interview because she was scared of what the kids at her private school would think. One difference between Starr and Bri is money. In "On the Come Up" Bri's family struggles to have enough money for food. Especially since Jay had just lost her job. In "The Hate U Give" Starr's family is much better off money wise being able able to send Starr to a very expensive private school.]]> 2019-03-25 00:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/23burkholderr/7f3dia4bgrg0/wish/344636295