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. Give this one a listen, you will not be sorry you did.I found the best Born A Crime quotes by hand with page numbers, chapters, and themes for easy reference. You will have to listen for yourself, but you won’t be able to stop smiling at some of the lessons she taught a young Trevor. To me, Noah was not the star of his story: it was his mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah.She is strong, confident, hardworking: a fighter. Using humor Noah tells of tales that discuss how race, language, socioeconomic status, and politics have affected his upbringing. I learned about history: what it was like for Noah to grow up during, and after, apartheid in South Africa as the son of a white father and black mother. It’s not about Noah’s rise to fame or how he navigates his celebrity status. ![]() ![]() I have listened to two other celebrity memoirs narrated by the author, but neither compare to Born a Crime. Trevor Noah knows how he wants his story to come across, and delivers his message with a tone and authenticity that makes it hard to push pause…plus, hello that accent – swoon! To me, this book is better as an audiobook since the author is the one reading his story. But, for an audiobook to keep my attention the narrator has to be on point. I prefer reading books versus listening, but do enjoy an audiobook while driving or doing chores. Winner: Audible’s Best of 2016 – Celebrity Memoirs Highest-rated new book of 2016 by Audible customers Yes, an audiobook you can sink your ears into – since teeth obviously do not make sense.Īudiobook runs 8 hours 50 minutes, narrated by Trevor Noah himself ( love that accent!)Ĭategory: Memoir, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Coming of Age
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