'The Hate U Give’ author Angie Thomas on the importance of humanizing Black men
Capehart
The Washington Post
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jonathan Cape Art and this is Cape Up. |
| 0:07.0 | Author Angie Thomas made a big splash when her senior project in college became the hate you give. |
| 0:14.0 | Her debut novel in 2017, which debuted at Number One on the New York Times Best Seller list |
| 0:20.0 | and then was turned into a fantastic movie by the same name. |
| 0:24.0 | Now Thomas is out with her fourth book, Concrete Rose, |
| 0:28.0 | which goes back to the beginning |
| 0:30.0 | by taking us to the early lives of the older protagonists in the hate you give. |
| 0:35.8 | In this conversation recorded during a Washington Post live event on January 21st, Thomas and |
| 0:41.4 | I talk about what inspired her writing and why it's important to show |
| 0:45.9 | black men being emotionally vulnerable. |
| 0:49.3 | But the best part is when I confess to purposely not watching the hate you give. |
| 0:55.0 | Hear her reaction right now. |
| 0:57.0 | Angie Thomas, |
| 1:05.0 | Thomas, it is a thrill to welcome you to Washington Post Live. |
| 1:09.0 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:12.0 | Listen, we're Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:18.0 | Listen, we'll talk about the hate you give in a moment. The movie is superb, and we'll talk about why I think it's superb in a moment, |
| 1:22.0 | but why did you decide to write about Maverick Carter, |
| 1:25.7 | who's the father of the main character in the hate you give in your new book, Concrete Rose? |
| 1:31.5 | Well, Maverick is the character that I was asked about the most, which, you know, it's kind of surprising since we're talking about a young adult novel and in the hate you give, he was the father. |
| 1:42.0 | You wouldn't think the father would get that much attention. |
| 1:44.5 | But my readers from the young kids telling me that Maverick is one of their favorite characters |
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