“Nearly one million people lived in Soweto. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, about racism, Chapter 4, “I could champion racial justice in our home, or I could enjoy granny’s cookies. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, about identity, Chapter 3, A shared language says “We’re the same.” A language barrier says “We’re different.” “Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. When we shit we forget our airs and our graces, we forget how famous or how rich we are. I don’t care who you are, we all shit the same. I think God made humans shit in the way we do because it brings us back down to earth and gives us humility. There’s something magical about it, profound even. Once you reach that moment, that’s when it gets really nice. It takes a minute to get the first shit out of the way and get in the zone and get comfortable. You don’t whip out your smartphone or a newspaper right away. You’re transitioning from a person about to shit to a person who is shitting. “When you shit, as you first sit down, you’re not fully in the experience yet. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, about racism, Chapter 3, “Suffer little children to come unto me,” Jesus said, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” So if a child is praying in English? To White Jesus? That’s a powerful combination right there.” Clearly they’re getting through to the right person. How do we know this? Look at white people. Which made my prayers the best prayers because English prayers get answered first. Yes, the Bible was not written in English, but the Bible came to South Africa in English so to us it’s English. Everyone knows that Jesus, who’s white, speaks English. She believed my prayers were more powerful, because I prayed in English. “My grandmother always told me that she loved my prayers. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, about identity, Chapter 3, “When you strike a woman, you strike a rock.” As a nation, we recognized the power of women, but in the home they were expected to submit and obey. “Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo!” was the chant they would rally to during the freedom struggle. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, Chapter 2, To this day you can leave me alone for hours and I’m perfectly happy entertaining myself. I’d read books, play with the toy that I had, make up imaginary worlds. I wasn’t a lonely kid-I was good at being alone. I didn’t know any kids besides my cousins. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, about apartheid, racism, Chapter 2, Imagine all three of those things happening to the same group of people at the same time. “In America you had the forced removal of the native onto reservations coupled with slavery followed by segregation. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, about being mixed, racism, Chapter 2, Because a mixed person embodies that rebuke to the logic of the system, race mixing becomes a crime worse than treason.” Race mixing proves that races can mix, and in a lot of cases want to mix. “In any society built on institutionalized racism, race mixing doesn’t merely challenge the system as unjust, it reveals the system as unsustainable and incoherent. ~Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, about identity, Chapter 1, But when white people pray to a guy who turns water into wine, well, that’s just common sense.” If you’re African and you pray to your ancestors, you’re a primitive. “If you’re Native American and you pray to the wolves, you’re a savage. They experienced racism, abuse, love, survival, and heritage in South Africa during apartheid. In Born A Crime, Trevor Noah gives a first-person perspective of his and his mother’s experience. I found the best Born A Crime quotes by hand with page numbers, chapters, and themes for easy reference.
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