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From my anger, frustration, and hurt, I wrote the short story that would later become 'The Hate U Give.'
Angie Thomas
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You just have to find your activism, and don't let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you're doing the work, and you're getting someone to think, you're on the right path.
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I wish when I was 15 that I realized my voice was important and that even my thoughts and my opinions had value. Had I known, I probably would've spoken up more. I probably would've found my activism sooner and become a writer sooner.
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As a black woman, I feel like I have a unique experience that we don't often see in media portrayals of the South.
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Especially for young POC, when we enter majority-white spaces, we feel the need to assimilate, to blend in, to prove ourselves. I don't think we discuss it enough.
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The transition from unknown to known-in-publishing has been empowering but also challenging. It's an honor to know that people actually want to know what I think about certain issues, but I also have to be careful about what I say or, rather, how I say it. The Internet is forever, y'all.
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I want you to realize your voice matters.
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I look at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they'll show us a side of the world that we might not have known about.
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We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.
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I knew there were calls for diversity in children's lit, but you always wonder as a person of color, how diverse is too diverse?
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So often, blackness is seen in a negative light.
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I'm not sure I could ever write for adults. That's not to throw shade or anything, but I feel like teenagers are much more open-minded and willing to listen sometimes.
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