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It’s this kind of candor about tough issues like racism that hints at the heart of “The Hate U Give,” an adaptation of the young adult novel of the same name that centers on the fallout after a high school student (Stenberg’s Starr) sees her best friend, an unarmed black teen, killed by a white police officer.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times