Plot & Characters
This is the main character who witnesses Khalil's shooting.
Who is Starr Carter?
Frye describe oppression as this type of system, not isolated events.
What is a network of barriers?
Shelby focuses on justice within this specific community context.
What is Black urban communities?
The central issue highlighted by Khalil's death.
What is police brutality?
Khalil's death is an example of this concept from Frye.
What is systematic oppression?
The name of Starr's mostly Black neighborhood.
What is Garden Heights?
This metaphorFrye uses explains oppression as interconnected limitations.
What is a birdcage?
This term refers to unequal systems embedded in society.
What is systematic injustice?
Starr code-switches between these two environments.
What is her private school and her neighborhood?
Starr speaking out reflects this idea from Shelby.
What is moral responsibility to resist injustice?
This friend distances herself from Starr after the incident.
Who is Hailey?
Oppression affects individuals based on this group identify factor.
What is a social group membership?
Shelby discusses whether this type of resistance is justified.
What is protest of civil disobedience?
This theme involves speaking out despite fear.
What is activism or finding your voice?
Garden Heights represents this structural condition.
What is inequality or systemic disadvantages?
The reason Khalil was pulled over by the police.
What is minor traffic stop (tail light violation)?
According to Frye, this means oppression hard to see clearly.
What is focusing on one barrier instead of the system?
This is the moral question Shelby raises about lawbreaking.
What is when is it justified to break the law?
This concept explains unequal treatment based on race.
What is racism?
Starr's dual identity connects to this philosophical struggle.
What is identity conflict within oppressive systems?
This character represents Starr's struggle between two identities.
Who is Star Carter at school vs. at home?
This explains why people may not recognize their own privilege.
What is systematic invisibility or normalization?
Shelby connects injustice to this broader concept of fairness in society.
What is social justice?
This philosophical idea connects all three sources. (film, Frye, Shelby).
What is oppression?
The film overall illustrates Frye's idea that oppression is....
What is interconnected and structural (not isolated) ?