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Starr’s boyfriend, Chris is a wealthy white student at Williamson who bonds with Starr over their shared love of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, sneakers, and rap music. Starr attempts to hide her Garden Heights world from Chris for much of the story, fearing both Maverick’s reaction to her dating a white boy and Chris’s reaction to her background. Chris is heartbroken when he learns how much of her background Starr has kept from him. Though he makes occasionally ignorant comments about race, Chris is a frequent source of comfort and happiness for Starr. She calls him her “normal,” and his own awareness of racial injustice grows throughout the novel. He stays with Starr all night during the riots following the indictment verdict, a fact that makes Maverick ultimately respect him a little bit more.
Chris Quotes in The Hate U Give
The The Hate U Give quotes below are all either spoken by Chris or refer to Chris. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 17 Quotes
Being two different people is so exhausting. I've taught myself to speak with two different voices and only say certain things around certain people. I've mastered it. As much as I say I don't have to choose which Starr I am with Chris, maybe without realizing it, I have to an extent. Part of me feels like I can't exist around people like him.
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While sitting in the Rolls Royce outside prom, Chris tells Starr he knows that she is the witness in Khalil’s case. He is hurt and angry that she kept this from him, and Starr realizes that she has been hiding part of herself from Chris out of fear he would pity and think less of her. Starr has felt guilty for dating Chris ever since Khalil’s death, and has been trying to navigate how to be with someone from such a different world. Chris is not simply much wealthier and more privileged than Starr, but he is also white, and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupt
Chapter 21 Quotes
Chris and Maya walk through the gate, and my stomach gets all jittery. I should be used to my two worlds colliding, but I never know which Starr I should be. I can use some slang, but not too much slang, some attitude, but not too much attitude, so I'm not a “sassy black girl.” I have to watch what I say and how I say it, but I can't sound “white.”
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Starr feels her worlds colliding when Carlos hosts a Memorial Day barbeque and her Williamson friends meet her family and friends from Garden Heights. Starr has spent much of the novel code switching between these two groups, changing how she presents herself to better fit in with her surroundings. Though she has worked to keep “Williamson Starr” and “Garden Heights Starr” separate, in this moment she feels she has been placed in the impossible position of inhabiting both identities at once: she must not scare off Chris and Maya without entirely rejecting her roots. Much to her relief, however, everyone Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita del
Chapter 23 Quotes
“Anyway, Chris,” Seven says, “DeVante's got a point. What makes his name or our names any less normal than yours? Who or what defines 'normal' to you? If my pops were here, he'd say you've fallen into the trap of the white standard.”
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When the riots in Garden Heights following the indictment verdict get out of hand, Starr, Chris, DeVante, and Seven pile into Seven’s car and drive away. The atmosphere in the car lightens as they try to “test” Chris by asking him about certain elements of black culture. The mood becomes slightly tense, however, when Chris subsequently asks why black people have “odd names.” Seven points out that Chris is judging things based on the assumption that white names are neutral, when, in fact, they are just as subjective as those of any other group. Seven goes on to point out Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rer
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