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Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Appreciate the post
Rhiannon12866
(205,784 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)When he first took on the Daily Show I thought he would never last.
Boy am I glad he did.
He is bright & definately relates to our racial issues today because of his background.
And he's really funny.
I am getting his book this week.
https://www.npr.org/2016/11/11/501679293/daily-show-host-writes-about-growing-up-in-biracial-south-africa
In his new memoir, Born a Crime, Noah finds humor even in the toughest times in Johannesburg. And he details the peculiar and charged racial world he had to navigate as a little boy who was not quite black and not quite white.
Interview Highlights
On what his mixed-race status meant within his own family
"As crazy as it sounds, in my own family I would have been given more privileges than my own mother and half of my family, and I would have been given fewer privileges than my father and the other half of my family ... yeah, the white half".
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Great article & can't wait to read his book.
I do ppreciate his humor.
Rhiannon12866
(205,784 posts)Despite not having grown up here. He's also multi talented, caught one of his stand up specials and he's brilliant with impersonations and voices!
And he certainly has a unique background, he's obviously experienced more than we can imagine. Thanks for the tip about his book! It sounds like a fascinating read!
cp
(6,649 posts)His book Born a Crime is excellent.