 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chinangwa chokutanga chaThomas chakanga chiri chokunyora nhoroondo dzokufungidzira uye dzomukirasi yepakati; zvisinei, ainetseka kuti nhau dzake dzakanga dzisina basa. Achibvunza manyoro ake okutanga, akatanga rimwe raizokurumidza kuva bhuku rake rokutanga, The Hate U Give. Paaiva mudzidzi wepakoreji, mumwe wevadzidzisi vake akataura kuti zvakaitika kwaari zvakanga zvakasiyana nezvimwe uye kuti kunyora kwake kwaigona kupa inzwi kune avo vakanga vanyararidzwa uye vane nyaya dzisina kutaurwa. Munguva iyi, Thomas akanzwawo nezvokupfurwa kwaOscar Grant munhau. Iyi nhau, yakawedzerwa norufu rwaTrayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, naSandra Bland, vaiva pesvedzero huru pabhuku racho. 