Book Review: Born a Crime

Now, Lucy reviewed this book last month, I missed that! She spoke a bit more of his background.

I think I was induced to buy it, having seen him on Ellen. He's been on The View, where he said the difference between racism during apartheid was that people weren't afraid to call themselves racists. In the US, it is different. If you add in Trump, Noah's current work, on The Daily Show, for example, is hilarious. His take on Trump's first press conference is spot on.

What an amazing man he is. He is a born comedian. Perhaps he was shaped by his journey, and his mother. He is smart, witty and funny, all telling this horrific history and the reality of apartheid.

He is well-worth the read. 

Trevor Noah writes well. He sums up the effect Apartheid had on his life, whilst integrating the timelines for the changes in South Africa.

Noah spoke of some of his life story on Ellen.

Residential Schools & Colonisation in N.A.

Lest we North Americans get cocky about Apartheid, we must admit to being settlers.

I have been exploring colonialisation, from First Nations and Canada's perspective. This, I have found is a common theme.  What colonial settlers have done to blacks in South Africa is horrific. Right around the world, it was common practice. We must read their stories. We must witness their histories, as they are not heard from in the textbooks.

This brief clip must be listened to by all settlers. What North Americans did to First Nations through residential schools, to the internment of Canadians of Japanese descent, to the racism faced by many immigrants, is horrid. 

How Senator Sinclair responds to people who ask why Indigenous people don't "get over" the residential school experience: #thecurrentMMIW pic.twitter.com/8Ro6HC7BK1

— Connie Walker (@connie_walker) March 29, 2017

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