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A review by fbroom
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
5.0
I've never heard of Trevor Noah before listening to this book. I picked it up because it was a best seller on audible with a lot of reviews. It turned out to be a heart-warming, entertaining collection of stories filled with insights from Trevor's life in South Africa during the apartheid.
- He mentions how people expect the lower income population to just learn new skills and get new jobs but they ignore the fact that these people don’t have the resources to learn new skills and that they still need help.
- He talked about hustling in the hood and how he didn’t gain anything from it after not being able to go to college. He was just stuck there. He knew he could do better but he was unable to leave. He talked about how it was easy to just ignore the fact that the stuff they were selling were actually stolen.
- He talks about his mother’s relationship with her abusive husband and how the police didn’t once open a case against him despite his mother’s insistence on many occasions.
- He talks about the strong role model his mother provided to him.
- He mentions a funny and yet a sad story about performing at a bar mitzvah and bringing his friend Hitler with him. The story shows how different people can be from each other despite the proximity.
He talks about many more stories filled with insights and laugher. I highly recommend this book on audio for a road trip.
- He mentions how people expect the lower income population to just learn new skills and get new jobs but they ignore the fact that these people don’t have the resources to learn new skills and that they still need help.
- He talked about hustling in the hood and how he didn’t gain anything from it after not being able to go to college. He was just stuck there. He knew he could do better but he was unable to leave. He talked about how it was easy to just ignore the fact that the stuff they were selling were actually stolen.
- He talks about his mother’s relationship with her abusive husband and how the police didn’t once open a case against him despite his mother’s insistence on many occasions.
- He talks about the strong role model his mother provided to him.
- He mentions a funny and yet a sad story about performing at a bar mitzvah and bringing his friend Hitler with him. The story shows how different people can be from each other despite the proximity.
He talks about many more stories filled with insights and laugher. I highly recommend this book on audio for a road trip.