Languages
What was Trevors first language?
English
What was Trevors race?
Mixed
How did he use speaking zulu to his advantage on the streets
He caught a group of zulu men planning to jump him
What class was he first put into
The “A” Class
Who was the only person who could punish him?
His mother
What was English equated with?
intelligence
What race did other people in Soweto identify Trevor as?
White
How did he use language to his advantage on the playground?
He showed the black kids how he was like them to become friends
What was the racial makeup of his first school?
Very diverse and mixed with every race
Why didn’t his grandmother punish him?
She could see his bruises
What language would Trevors mother use when she was mad?
Xhosa
What race did Trevor identify with?
Black
How did Trevor’s Mom use afrikaners to her advantage in a store?
She got a store security guard to stop following them
What race did he click with at his first school?
Black
What was his favorite thing to steal?
Cookies
What languages did Trevors mother use at home?
What did Trevor compare race to?
Chocolate
What was the quickest way to bridge the race gap?
Language
What was the first school that Trevor went to?
Maryvale College
What happened when him and his cousins were playing doctor
He broke his cousins eardrum
English, xhosa, zulu, afrikaners
When did Trevor first recognize race?
At his second school
Trevor used language to pretend to be what?
A chameleon
What was the Second School he went to?
H.A. Jack Primary
Why did Trevor think that he was never beaten?
Because "Trevor is Trevor"