The Real Reason The Hate U Give Became A Banned Book

The"Harry Potter"series.

“To Kill a Mockingbird.

““The Color Purple.

““The Catcher in the Rye.

“What do all of these classic books have in common?

These novels are all on the popular banned books list in the United States, according toCBS News.

1 on The New York Times bestseller list (viaThe Guardian).

In 2018, afilm adaptationof the book starring Amandla Stenberg came out.

“I knew that was a cop-out,” Thomas said.

“There are exactly 89 instances of the F-word in ‘The Hate U Give’ …

But last year alone, over 800 people lost their lives at the hands of police brutality.

That number is far scarier.

So when you’re telling me it’s the language, no, that’s not what it is.

You don’t want to talk about the topic.”