She mentions how she has known Khalil “since I was three” (pg. Starr’s grief is evident throughout the entire book (except the first chapter when Khalil is still alive). Officer One-Fifteen yells at me, pointing the same gun he killed my friend with” (pg. In Starr’s case, it’s mourning the loss of Khalil’s life and how she’s struggling without him: “His body stiffens, and he’s gone. I chose this song because it’s a song of yearning for someone. But in school, Starr has to act sensible and “shake it off”, so she can keep her two aspects separate. But the main reason I chose this song is because it represents the Williamson Starr: “I can’t lie, we get the “why is he dating her” stare that usually comes from which white girls… I forget about those looks too” (pg. I chose another Taylor Swift song, because Taylor Swift is also mentioned in the book. However, this quote also goes both ways, as it shows how Starr responds to trouble, which in her case is being stopped by the cops. Starr mentions how “my parents had two talks with me … The other talk was about what to do if a cop stopped me ” (pg. The title of the song really seems to match how white cops think of black people: more troubling than white people.
While the first two songs were written by black singers, this one isn’t.
#Starr the hate you give skin#
In the book, Starr talks it’s as if “God mixed my parent’s skin tones in a paint bucket to get my medium-brown complexion” (pg. This song really emphasizes black pride and heritage in fact, it is almost anti-white. Also, Starr loves Drake, who is also black, so that shows how black culture is a real part of her. After all, their living conditions and wealth are lower in comparison to the rich white kids at her school. They were once at the bottom, and even today, Starr and her community feel like they’re at the bottom too. 17) In other words, it definitely shows the real Starr instead of the Starr at Williamson, as the song can refer to the time when African Americans were once slaves. Starr talks about how “Some days, we are at the bottom in Garden Heights, but we still share the feeling” (pg. This song was played at the party that Starr was at, which had a lot of black people. I chose seven songs for this playlist because Starr’s brother is named Seven.
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