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What are
stereotypes?
Stereotypes are qualities that are put on
someone based on their ethnicity, nationality,
or sexual orientation. These features are often
oversimplifications of the groups involved, and
stereotypes are damaging even when they
appear "good."

The media
We see in the news all the time that
crime rates are greater for certain
populations, usually minority
populations, and this generates an
instant assumption that a black man is
more associated with danger and
equated with weapons than a white
man.
Misconceptions and biases propagated
through numerous channels such as the
media which included references to a
"brute" image of black males. The
media plays a significant role in
perpetuating stereotypes. Many
Hollywood films portray black males as
criminals and black women as loud and
aggressive.

'The Thug'
The term "thug" has become to
refer to black males who reject or do
not meet white America's
standards.Black actors portraying
drug dealers, pimps, con artists, and
other types of criminals in television
shows and films reinforces racial
stereotypes that black males are
dangerous and drawn to illegal
activities.

'The aNGRY
bLACK WOMEN'
Television shows and movies portray
black women as sassy, neck-rolling
harpies with significant attitude issues,
reinforcing racial stereotypes about
black women.
 The hate u give
Angie Thomas' novel "The Hate U Give" clearly
depicts how society weaponizes stereotypes
against the black community. The Hate U Give
shows how society utilizes black stereotypes to
justify violence and racism against them.

Media
In Angie Thomas' novel "The Hate U Give," we
see how the news coverage highlights Khalil's
supposed gang links and refers to him as a
"thug", perpetuating stereotypes of black men
as aggressive and dangerous.The media works
to disguise the racism in Brian's actions by
portarying them as logical and hence justified.
The mediacircus surrounding Khalil's death
demonstrates how white media priotizes
protecting law enforment and perstuating
stereotypes over black lives.

Police bURTALITY
African-Americans are 2.5 times more likely
than whites to be killed by police. The novel
"The Hate U Give" depicts how cops would kill
black individuals whether they are armed or
not. Khalil is shot three times because the
officer assumed he was going to pull out a gun
despite the fact that he was unarmed.

Cruises had no reason to assume Khalil was

armed other than his presumption that Khalil is
violent because he is black. Cruises's father
states that his son felt threathen and that's
why he did what he did. The news media and
many white characters in "The Hate U Give"
support One-Fifteen's (Brian Cruise) version of
events because it protects law enforcement
from accusations of racism.

Symbols
Khalil's hairbrush represents the police officers'
mistrust of minorities. "A hairbrush is not a
gun!" is one of the protest chants that captures
the African-American community's anger over
the shooting of unarmed black individuals
based on stereotypes, fear, and insufficient
information.
The hairbrush also alludes to Amadou Diallo's
death in 1999. Police officers mistook Diallo's
wallet for a gun and fired 41 rounds at him.
Diallo's death sparked an uproar and a
nationwide debate over racial profiling and

IMAGERY police brutality.

The account of Emmett Till's body as being so

damaged that no one could recognize him at
first emphasizes the depravity of his death.
Till's death in 1955 was only one in a succession
of extremely brutal racist killings; race-based
killings continue to this day; and Khalil's
fictional death has echoes in recent events in
the United States. The novel illustrates the
severity of such pointless killings by describing
the amount of the damage to Till's body.