Police Brutality is a real thing. The ongoing investigation of Officer Cruise and Khalil’s shooting gives us the main message in the book about how Racial Discrimination and Police Burtauiility are real things and how they can affect people dramatically.
Khalil’s shooting and the ongoing investigation of Officer Cruise put the theme of injustice at the forefront of the novel. The fact that Khalil was unarmed and did not threaten the officer makes his murder unjust. The police are unjust at other points, too, such as when they force Maverick to the ground and pat him down. Race is tied into this theme of injustice as well, since pervasive racism prevents African-Americans from obtaining justice. Starr and Maverick in particular are focused on bringing justice not only for Khalil but also for African-Americans and other oppressed groups, such as the poor. The activist group that Starr joins is called Just Us for Justice because it fights against police maltreatment on the basis of race. At the end of the novel, Starr accepts that injustice might continue but reinforces her determination to fight against it.
Her childhood experiences gave her an understanding oh how to read and write poetry.
Explanation:
Angelou was called as Maya because her brother called her Maya when she was a child. When she was eight years old, she was raped.
To overcome the trauma, she started writing. She describes that in her autobiography. She became a writer after a series of occupations when she was young.
She has cited her experiences in her book which reveals that it is her own childhood experience.
