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The Hate U Give
movie·PG-13·Oct 19, 2018·
Box OfficeUnderperformed · 1.5x
$23M
Budget
$34.9M
Gross
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The Hate U Give
movie
PG-13
October 19, 2018
Wokeometer Rating
9Woke
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
The Hate U Give scores 9/10 woke by building its entire plot around systemic racism, police brutality, and the need for racial activism via Black Lives Matter protests and rhetoric. Skip it if you want stories free of heavy-handed political messaging.
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Detailed Analysis
The Hate U Give centers its entire premise and narrative on progressive ideological themes of systemic racism, police brutality against Black Americans, and the necessity of racial activism.
The plot follows Black protagonist Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) as she witnesses a white police officer fatally shoot her unarmed Black childhood friend Khalil during a traffic stop, then grapples with code-switching between her poor Black neighborhood Garden Heights and her white prep school while testifying, protesting, and confronting family and friends about racial injustice. The story explicitly invokes Black Lives Matter rhetoric, Tupac's THUG LIFE acronym critiquing cycles of hate, references to the Black Panthers' Ten-Point Program, and scenes of protests met with tear gas, framing police violence and institutional bias as the core conflict driving Starr's arc and the community's response.
Key Factors
- Entire plot and emotional driver revolve around a white police officer killing an unarmed Black youth (Khalil) and Starr's subsequent activism against systemic oppression
- Creator Angie Thomas has repeatedly stated the book and film were written to promote empathy for Black Lives Matter, address real police shootings (Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice), and counter narratives blaming victims or focusing on 'Black-on-Black crime'
- Overt thematic elements include critiques of racial profiling, double consciousness, 'respectability politics,' and the need to 'speak truth' about identity-based injustice, with the grand jury outcome and riots as direct consequences
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Identity Politics & Racial Essentialism
Gender Ideology & LGBTQ+ Themes
DEI Casting & Representation Mandates
Preachiness & Message-First Agenda
Corporate & Creator Activism
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Is The Hate U Give Woke?
We've run a full content analysis on The Hate U Give and scored it 9/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of woke content is in The Hate U Give?
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into The Hate U Give's overall score.
Is The Hate U Give family-friendly?
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). The Hate U Give is rated PG-13. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.
How does Wokeometer score movies?
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
