Chapter 9: The Mulberry Tree
Chapter 11: Outsider
Chapter 11: Outsider
Chapter 9: Why did Abel beat up the kids near the Mulberry Tree?
They messed with his "family" (they were bullying Trevor)
What does it mean to be "colorblind"
it means to not "see" race
What were Noah and his friend selling?
What does crime was Trevor Noah committing when he got pulled over?
Stealing Abel's car
How does Noah describe the Tsonga culture?
As "extremely patriarchal"
How did chapter 9 contribute to Abel's character development?
It was the first time we saw how abusive/dangerous Abel was.
What were Trevor Noah and Teddy stealing at the mall?
Chocolates with liquor inside
What did Noah spend all of his hard earned money on?
McDonalds
Why did Trevor Noah get pulled over?
For being black
How many times did the gun misfire?
Four times
CHAPTER 11: What were 2 of the lasting effects apartheid had even after it ended?
Segregation (schools and towns)
POC still had bad education
Poverty
How did Noah get away with stealing?
On the video camera, his race looked white so they were looking for a white person
What was the irony of chapter 15?
Noah and his friend Hitler went to a Jewish school shouting "Go Hitler!" (not know the effect it has)
Did Trevor Noah succeed in not having his mom find out he was in jail?
No, she knew the whole time
What was Abel's consequence for shooting Patricia?
3 Years of probation
CHAPTER 11: Why did Trevor feel left out at school?
He didn't belong to a specific racial group
What is harmful about being colorblind?
it causes erasure of a culture and their history rather than celebrating it
What was the miscommunication between Noah and the teacher?
Trevor Noah didn't know about how offensive holocaust and thought that the teacher was being racist
What was the point of Trevor Noah telling the story of "The Black Hulk"?
To send a message about stereotyping black people as criminals
What did Patricia's total hospital bill cost?
50,000 rand
CHAPTER 11: How did Trevor breach the race barrier?
By doing them favors
What was Ironic about naming the chapter "colorblind"
"Colorblind" means not seeing race, but in the chapter, the police were specifically looking at race.
What did Noah say about the history of different cultures?
Every culture thinks that the worst thing to happen in history is something that affected their own culture, not a different one
When Noah had to pick which racial group to be apart of, which one did he pick?
White
Why was it a miracle that Patricia Noah lived?
The bullet missed every major vein, artery, and nerve, and stopped before it blew out her eye.