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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.

~Angie Thomas

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For me, hip-hop was a mirror when young-adult books were not. I could see myself in a Nas song more than I could see myself in a book.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Book Books Could Hip-Hop Me Mirror More Myself See Song Than Were

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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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Michael Brown - when he lost his life, there was more focus on what he had done sometimes than what was done to him.

~Angie Thomas

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A lot of people are quick to say that saying 'black lives matter' makes you anti-cop. All lives should indeed matter, but we have a systemic problem in this country in which black lives do not matter enough.

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Topics: Black Country Enough Indeed Lives Lot Makes Matter People Problem Quick Say Saying Should Which You

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Writing is a form of activism.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Activism Form Writing

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Trayvon Martin was 17, Mike Brown was young, Tamir Rice was 12. And so young people are affected by it, possibly the most affected, because they're seeing themselves.

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The Hogwarts houses are really gangs. They have their own colours, their own hideouts, and they are always riding for each other, like gangs.

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So often, blackness is seen in a negative light.

~Angie Thomas

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A lot of people involved in the Black Lives Matter movement are actually sticking up for those other lives. They are turning out for their Muslim brothers and sisters who are now being targeted.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Actually Being Black Brothers Brothers And Sisters Involved Lives Lot Matter Movement Muslim Now Other Out People Sisters Sticking Targeted Those Turning Up Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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