Comments by Owen Giesler Most recent public comments by Owen Giesler https://nowcomment.com/users/93447 This picture encapsulates just how hard and draining the voyage is. https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2460412 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2460412 Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:18 -0400 So these wristbands are important for their safety. https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2455898 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2455898 Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:16 -0400 This just shows how important the things that these people bring with them are. https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2455648 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2455648 Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:16 -0400 It's awful that the place that their family spent so long working on is nearly destroyed https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2211510 https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2211510 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:55:09 -0500 As horrible as this is, it happens in real life, very often, like in the Brianna Taylor case. https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2211492 https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2211492 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:53:10 -0500 This is a super important part of Starr's story, because basically the things that she spent so long trying to keep separate finally came together, and it didn't end horribly. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2211491 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2211491 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:50:19 -0500 Starr feels discouraged that many efforts put in place so many years ago still need to be fought today. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2211490 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2211490 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:47:03 -0500 This is important because Starr now has a platform to tell the world about Khalil as a person, not just as a thug or a drug dealer. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2211487 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2211487 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:45:41 -0500 Mav is hurt that Carlos knew before he did about his own daughter, which stems back to the guilt that he has that Carlos took care of his kids while he was in jail. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2211472 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2211472 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:43:09 -0500 The fact that Hailey sees the things that Starr posts as an obsession relates a lot to white privilege, talked about in "The Racial Contract", because a white person can see it as an interest, while a black person has to live it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2211470 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2211470 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:40:44 -0500 A lot of what Tupac says is relevant to Starr's life, which is funny since she dismissed him as old at the beginning of the book. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211468 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:36:18 -0500 It's so messed up that this seems to be the thing that is discussed the most, like selling drugs had anything at all to do with him getting killed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211465 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211465 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:33:59 -0500 It forces them to see you as a person. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211463 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211463 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:31:19 -0500 Starr doesn't want to open up about Khalil to Chris, maybe because she feels like she is split into two sides. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211457 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211457 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:45:11 -0500 This is an example of how dangerous Garden Heights can be since you have to be on one side or the other. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211455 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211455 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:26:24 -0500 Whether Hailey meant it to be racist or not, it just shows how racially insensitive she is, especially that she wouldn't apologize. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211450 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2211450 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:09:22 -0500 Uncle Carlos serves as a very alternate point of view, as someone who isn't so fast to condemn a police officer, since he is one. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211444 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211444 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:07:33 -0500 Many people only see Khalil as a thug, while Starr sees him as a complicated person. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211442 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211442 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:05:43 -0500 Khalil's killing unfortunately happens too often to people like him and is the reason for the recent protests and riots. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211440 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211440 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:02:57 -0500 The officer is racially profiling Khalil. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211439 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211439 115 immediately assumes that Khalil has drugs on him, which is almost definitely because he's black. Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:01:18 -0500 Starr and Khalil have very different reactions to being pulled over. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211438 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211438 They may both be scared, but Starr tried to comply completely, because of the talk she got from her parents, while Khalil is angry that they were pulled over for almost no reason. Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:59:08 -0500 Why does Khalil sell drugs? https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211434 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211434 I wonder if there is a reason that he needs to sell drugs or not. Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:55:39 -0500 People from her neighborhood think that feels more important than them, since she goes to a different, maybe better school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211412 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211412 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:32:41 -0500 Doesn't feel comfortable in her own skin. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211410 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2211410 She feels like she needs to put on an act, or pretend to be someone she's not, just to fit in. Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:32:40 -0400 Black people should not be forced to fight, and risk their lives, for a country that treats them as less than the white people that they are fighting alongside. https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2204284 https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2204284 Starr's mother goes through sort of a similar struggle, when her brother, Carlos, talks about his fellow police officers. She doesn't understand how Carlos can stand up for Officer 115, who shot Khalil largely because he was black. It's a similar struggle because Uncle Carlos is risking his life for the same people that might not value his life as much as they would a white man. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:33:27 -0500 The history of America that is taught in schools should not leave out the history of Black America, because, without it, there would be no America. https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2204262 https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2204262 In the book, Starr puts a picture and story of Emmit Till on her Tumblr, which Haley is repulsed by, and unfollows Starr because of it. She feels uncomfortable seeing the horrible things that had been done to African Americans, but that sort of thing needs to be taught in schools because it's the only way we can address the systems that allowed it. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:28:27 -0500 If a landlord gives worse housing to black people than to whites, then the houses should go to the black community, with the help of the govornment. https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2204252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2204252 This ties into The Hate U Give because the issues that the Black Panthers are trying to address is still being shown in the book. We see the contrast between Garden Heights and the neighborhood where Uncle Carlos and Chris live, and how racially divided the two neighborhoods are. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:25:29 -0500 This shows that Mav's priorities are Starr first, and the movement second, which shows how much family means to him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2122630 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2122630 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:08:55 -0400