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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
You need to read his book: Born A Crime. Equal parts fascinating and eye-opening. Some truly crazy stories from his youth, but he's so funny and engaging with his story telling. You can get a sense of him being an authentically great human being from his stories, especially when he talks about his mother. Great read. I think it's a must for anyone reading this thread.
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I have his book but I haven't gotten a chance to read it yet, but I saw him do standup a couple of years ago and he comes across just as likeable in person. Charming, intelligent, and man, I left with a headache from laughing so hard.
He has a really fantastic bit about the n-word, and how it's much different for him, as someone who grew up in South Africa, because that's not a word used there. I cannot possibly do it justice, but it was phenomenal. When sometime life gets back to some form of normal, if you can see Trevor Noah live, I highly recommend it.
Also Crown and Acey, as mentioned before in this thread, thank you both for sharing your experiences. There are definitely some crappy parts about being a woman and I've most certainly found myself getting overly involved and emotional in some of those discussions here before. It's hard not to show emotion when for some people it's just a topic of discussion but for you, it's
life.
That said, I also realize more and more just how privileged I truly am. Just the commentary about something I would never have to think about
: cutting your hair a certain way to avoid suspicion, or needing to have a hat in the car to cover up your hairstyle in case you're pulled over, wearing long sleeves to cover tattoos, etc...that is a gutcheck. It's utterly infuriating that these things
ever happened, much less that it's freaking 2020 and it's
still happening.