Relationship Between Race and Identity: A Study of Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give

Anju Mehra

Authors

Anju Mehra Anju Mehra, Associate Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, MDU, Rohtak https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4401-8611

Keywords:

Black Racism, Identity Formation, Systemic Violence, African American Activism, Identity Politics, Literature, Dual Personality, Race and Society

Abstract

Aims: The present paper sheds light on the representation of Black identity construction amid systemic discrimination, violence, and social norms. The Hate U Give (2017) dives deeper into the complexities of race and identity by examining social activism within the framework of systemic oppression.

Methodology and Approaches: The character of Starr Carter illustrates how she grapples with supporting the dual identities of a white private school and a Black community. Mobilizing concepts of race, identity, voice, personal experience, culture, and social imagination, this paper observes how individual consciousness is formed and impacted through racism.

Outcome: The study illuminates how these concepts are integrated into the processes of identity politics within an oppressive society.

Conclusion and Suggestions: The study finds that the novel approaches self-actualization, racial injustice, and activism from new directions in African American literature and provides fresh views on the debates of these issues.

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Author Biography

Anju Mehra, Anju Mehra, Associate Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, MDU, Rohtak

Dr. Anju Mehra is presently working as an Associate Professor of English in the Department of English and Foreign Languages at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana. She has been teaching for more than fifteen years and has contributed extensively to the field of research and publication. She has to her credit the publication of 5 books and 30 research papers in international and national journals and edited books. She has presented papers at more than 50 conferences in India and abroad. She has delivered many extension lectures and has chaired technical sessions in conferences. Her thrust areas of research include English Literature, American Literature, African American Literature, and Cultural Studies. She is a research guide and thesis reviewer.