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Prohibido nacer: Memorias de racismo, rabia y risa by Trevor Noah
26 reviews
sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Police brutality
Minor: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Excrement
beatriks's review against another edition
4.75
I didn’t know much about South Africa and the details of apartheid. Really insightful.
Would recommend this to anybody, I don’t even know Trevor Noah’s comedic work.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Misogyny, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
itsjadenbaby's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Blood
Moderate: Pregnancy, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Gore
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
heatherchan's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Classism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse
Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism
jayfanboi's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Drug use and Alcoholism
gkerstetter's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Violence, Racism, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Drug use
imaginethehours's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual content
diananat's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, and Sexism
Moderate: Racial slurs and Rape
Minor: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use
lectrixnoctis's review against another edition
5.0
"Born a Crime" is the tale of a prankish young boy who grows into a wandering young man as he strives to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to live in. Additionally, it is the story of that young man's connection with his fearless, rebellious, and highly religious mother—his teammate, a woman settled to save her son from the circle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would eventually threaten her own life.
The narrative was written in the first-person point of view by the author himself, and it was said in the past in South Africa.
Moreover, the motives of this book, in particular about racism and how apartheid, one of the worst crimes committed in South Africa, has affected the country and its people, although the system never truly worked at all. By casting black people away from white people and having no room for mixed children, who by law did not exist. I am a massive advocate for constantly educating yourself, especially racism, even more, if you are white. For me, a woman who has never lived outside of Germany and is broad, it is important to recognise my privilege and think about the system my ancestors have created and how I stop thinking that favours the system and even breaking out of it.
Not to forget to mention the love of Noah's mother was impeccable, and although I disagreed with her tough love method, I know it came from the heart, and I know she only wanted to do the best for him, which she enviably did. I loved reading about the relationship between the author and his mother throughout his whole childhood and his early 20s. Although I do not know these people personally, I felt connected with them because of the writing style, which hit me very hard and was witty at the same time.
A friend bought this as a gift for my 19th birthday, and I cannot be happier to read this book finally. I did not imagine it to hit that hard but in the best way possible. I laughed out loud because of it, and I cried at the end of the book. I did not think that autobiographies could make you feel something this deep like this one does. I highly recommend this book to anyone. You're probably going to cry, but you will love this book, and it will give you extreme joy.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
shebke_21's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Racism