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“People See Black Men as Larger, More Threatening”:

Reading for Meaning Statements
Directions: Read the article and annotate on the article if you have any confusing
points, Mandarin translations you add, information that surprises you, and any connections to The
Hate U Give that you notice. For each statement below, circle whether the text supports or does
not support it, and, in the space provided, share textual evidence (directly quoted) to support the
answer you chose. Then, explain in your own words how the quote relates to The Hate U Give.

Does the Statements Textual Evidence that How does the statement
Text Agree? agrees/disagrees relate/connect to The Hate U Give？

(Copy direct quote from text and

paragraph number)
1. Darker skinned We found that these estimates In the book, when the Police
Black people face more
yes were consistently biased . officer conversation with Starr, he
no stereotypes of being
stronger than lighter Participant judged the black men always has some bias. Because
skinned black people. to be larger stronger and more from the dialogue, we can see that
muscular than the white men , the police are very partial to
even though they were actually the themselves, thinking that it is
same size. because the black man caused the
trouble that led to his death.

2. Police need better Black men are disproportionately In Starr's interview, we can see
training to deal with
yes more likely to be killed in that a lot of the root cause of the
no misperceptions.
interactions with police ….this shootings is the police's own
research suggests that prejudice against black people. And
misperceptions of black men’s size in Starr’s childhood， Starr’s
might be one contributor to police father always tells her how
decision to shoot . to treat the police officer.
Even though we're right, we
can't fight with the police.
In this, we can see, that
the police have a very big
bias against black people.So
if we want to solve the
bias, it need to train the
police to decrease them
misperceptions.
3. Black men are just as
yes likely to be killed by
police as white men.
no