Trevor's Childhood
Trevor's mother, Nombuyiselo, was part of this ethnic group
What is Xhosa?
The relationship between Zulu and Xhosa ethnic groups
What is conflict and division, or dangerous rivalry?
The policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced in South Africa
What is apartheid?
The three types of churches Trevor attended as a child
What are black church, white church, and mixed church?
The main cause of Trevor's social isolation in school
What is he didn't naturally fit in with any distinct racial group?
At H.A. Jack, Trevor rebelled against racial expectations by doing this
What is choosing to be in the B classes?
Leftover patterns of racial prejudice that continue after discriminatory laws are dismantled
What is systemic racism?
The religion practiced by South Africans after European settlers arrived
What is Christianity?
The reason Abel left Orange Grove and moved in with Trevor's family
What is Trevor burned down the house?
The misunderstanding between Trevor's dance group and the faculty at the King David School
What is both groups believed the other was acting in a racist manner?
The skills and curriculum taught at Bantu schools
What are manual labor skills and vocational training?
The reason black South Africans had dogs instead of cats
What is they believed cats were witches?
The thing Trevor referred to himself as when describing how he adapted and moved between racial groups
What is chameleon?
"A shared _____ says, 'We're the same.' A _____ barrier says, 'We're different.'"
What is language?
The name of the law that prohibited marriage between different races
What is the Immorality Act?
Trevor and his family believed in the power of this practice, and performed it at least once every day
What is prayer?
The lesson Trevor learned about relationships from his experience with his dog, Fufi
What is "you do not own the thing that you love?"
A food that Trevor's family ate as a last resort, but is seen as a delicacy in Western cultures
What are dog bones/bone marrow?
The belief that ignoring or overlooking racial and ethnic differences promotes racial harmony
What is "colorblindness?"
"Sangomas" are visited for this purpose
What are traditional healing rituals?