Born a Crime Chapters 13-17
1. In chapter thirteen, Trevor Noah falls on the wrong side of the law, but how does a messed-up view on race end up saving him from serious trouble? In chapter thirteen, Trevor Noah gets caught stealing chocolate from a closed shop at a mall. He and his friend Teddy end up running away from the police, and Teddy gets caught. At school, Trevor is questioned about his involvement, but denies it. When the security camera tapes are reviewed, Trevor’s face is not visible, but his skin appears very light on camera. This leads the police and school administration to assume Teddy’s accomplice must be a white child. They do not view Trevor as white, so he gets away with stealing as a result of their racist assumptions. 2. “People love to say, ‘Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.’ What they don’t say is ‘And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.’ That’s the part of the analogy that’s m...