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Born a Crime

Stories From a South African Childhood
Jul 12, 2017anndubois1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A lot is packed into these pages. Intimate glimpse of how life can be physically impoverished but rich in family and cultural traditions. Noah gives us a rich portrait of his mother - determined, emboldened by an unwavering belief in God, hard working, hard on her son who she feels she must harden because the world in hard. Noah's tales of life under apartheid and the lunacy of its laws and rules made me consider what kinds of systemic discrimination Blacks have faced in our country as well. And, there is the young life of Trevor Noah, irreverent, risk taking, impetuous, smart and because of his mixed race and upbringing, often the outsider. I liked this book a lot and the pages just whipped by.