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What do you think about Trevor Noah's mother's decision to have a "colored", or mixed race, child considering the issues in South Africa at the time? What do you think her reasons might have been in doing this? What decision do you think YOU would have made in her situation? (*Make sure your response indicates that you read and understood the chapter!)

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Do you think Trevor Noah's father made the right decision agreeing to have a baby with Patricia (Trevor's mother)? Explain why or why not.

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Do you think the challenging circumstances that Trevor Noah grew up with probably had a more negative or more positive impact on him? Why? Explain or support your answer. Have you known of anyone who grew up with similarly challenging circumstances? (It can be you, someone you know, or someone famous, for example.)

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Trevor describes the setting of his childhood in South Africa during Apartheid. Where else in the world today or in history do we see characteristics similar to Apartheid? Why do you think this happens? Whose fault is it?

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I think Trevor Noah's mother was incredibly brave to have a mixed race baby in the world she was living in. I imagine she was scared on so many occasions that she would be imprisoned or worse. I think she did it because she loved Trevor's father and wanted her child, and, of course, knew that there was nothing inherently wrong with having a mixed race child despite South African laws.

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I think it fine that his mother have him because now we can know the story of what it is like back in Africa

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Her decision to have a mixed child during apartheid was very dumb and I would have never done that. It's even worse too because most people with a mixed child would leave South Africa but she decided to stay and risk getting arrested. The reason she did it though was probably cause she just didn't care enough about the consequences. In the second chapter when Trevor asked his mom why she did this she said she wasn't thinking of the consequences.

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I do not think he made the right decision. He was risking arrest by doing this and risking the mothers safety by doing this too. He also was not even able to be with his child most of the time which must've been terrible for him and Trevor.

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I believe that her decision was an act of protest toward Apartheid. She knew the consequences but she chose not to abide by them. What she did was brave and a bit heroic, but also dangerous. If I was in her situation, I would not have had the child because life was already complicated back then. But I can see why she did have Trevor.

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They probably had a more negative impact on him. There's like nothing that's good about his circumstances. He was not able to be with his father most of the time which might've made him upset. Having to be hidden and you're parents acting like they weren't even your parents might've also made him feel confused, and upset like maybe he thought he was a burden on his parents. Also I'm sure all the racism going on at the time had no positive affects on him.

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I think that Noah's mother's decision to have a mixed child was very risky and selfish. She knew at the time that having a mixed child was a crime and she would be putting her child's life in danger but she still did it and in the second chapter, it mentioned that she didn't even "consider the ramifications of having a mixed child during Apartheid." Noah also mentioned that when the police was around, she didn't walk close to him. I think that it is very selfish of a person to have a child, knowing that they are risking that child's life.

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I would say that Trevor Noah’s father did make the right decision. Patricia had Trevor as an act of protest in which the father participated in without knowing.

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I feel as if the challenging circumstances that Trevor Noah had grew up in had a somewhat positive impact on him because it allows him to experience things that other people can't which will make him more prepared for life as a grown up. An example of how challenging circumstances may improve his life is how he was born a mixed child. During the time period he was born this was considered a huge crime since people weren't allowed to mix race, so we can assume he had to face racism growing up. Many kids haven't experienced racism but I feel like being exposed to it at a young age can somewhat be an advantage since it can prevent them from having those ideals in the future.

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I feel like Trevor Noah's dad did make the right decision because it allowed Trevor Noah's mom to somewhat protest these morally incorrect laws that had been established during this time period.

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She only wanted a child of her own despite the laws of south African. The reason that she did it was because she really wanted a child from a men she can trust. What I would of done was to move to safe place to live a better life if I wanted a child.

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I think Trevor's mom did not care about the laws and how white people and black people should not be together. She was a brave women and she just wanted a kid. When Trevor describes how his mom was telling his white dad to have a kid she was just aiming to have a kid.

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I think that the challenges had a more positive impact on him. All of the challenges that was thrown at him made him stronger, more aware, and allowed him to grow up into the talented and successful man that he is today.

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I think like everywhere in the world there's still parts of apartheid like racism and thinking white is better. Like for example in Asia there's a huge problem with it where dark skin people are like shamed and people want to be lighter skin. Its not really about white or black people but its still the idea that looking white means you're better or prettier and more deserving of things.

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I think she wanted her child to be a mixed race because maybe she thought that he would be able to live better.  She might of wanted him to be unique maybe. This might of been a political action against the white people to show that she does not care about their laws. The author does not exactly state why Trevor's mother chose this.

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i think that her choosing to have a mixed child is was not the smartest considering the fact that in the time it was something that was looked down upon and it would be something that may have created a conflict from time to time.

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i think that her choosing to have a mixed child is was not the smartest considering the fact that in the time it was something that was looked down upon and it would be something that may have created a conflict from time to time.

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I would somewhat compare the conditions of South Africa during  Apartheid to America during the civil rights movement. In both of these countries, there is a lot of segregation. In South Africa, they had separated every race because they didn't believe that being with another race and having a mixed child was a good thing. While in America, black and white people had been separated due to the ideology of that white people were somewhat superior to black people. During both of these time periods groups of people are being separated solely based on their race.

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Do you think the challenging circumstances that Trevor Noah grew up with probably had a more negative or more positive impact on him? I think the challenging circumstances that Trevor Noah grew up with had a more negative impact on him because due to him being mixed during apartheid he didn't have much of a childhood. His family was just trying to protect him but he didn't understand as a kid. He wanted to be like his cousins who played in the yard and had fun, he missed out on that as a child he even tried to escape by digging a hole.

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I will say it was his choice and in chapter 2 it seen like he like it so I think it fine. In page 5 "Once I existed he realized he couldn't have son living around the corner and not be a part of my live."

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I don't think that he made the right decision. During that time, he knew about the segregation that was going on and he still risked having a child with Patricia. This put Trevor's life in danger and his families life in danger. In the book, Trevor said that white men didn't get in trouble for being with a black woman but the woman would be beaten. Even if his dad didn't get in trouble, his mom would still be punished if caught and the dad still put her at risk.

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I personally think that it was really brave of Trevor Noah's mother to have a child during this time period in South Africa due to the severe consequences that it came with. Having a child with someone that's not the same race as you was considered to be illegal in South Africa during this time so I felt as if Trevor Noah's mom had a mixed race baby just so that she can somewhat protest and go against they unmoral laws that were established. If I were in her situation I believe that I would have not had a mixed race baby because I don't like kids.

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I'm not too sure but it was definitely risky but they managed to not get caught during that time.

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This might have had more negative impacts because he wasn't able to get much friends in his childhood and maybe he didn't get proper education. He is doing very good now so maybe the impacts were not that large.

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I think that everything Trevor went through had a positive impact because he has a story to tell on how he rose up from comming from literally nothing to being a multi millionare

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I think these challenges had a more positive impact on Trever Noah. I say this because he took his experience and made it something amazing for himself. He grew up a mixed child during apartheid which was illegal. He had to deal with the fact that no one could know who his father was and he couldn't walk alone with his mother. He then grows up and informs people on this crazy time in his life by writing a book about it. He started off as a illegal mixed kid in South Africa but grew up to be a comedian and a author.

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It might have been a good idea that Trevor agreed to have a child with Patricia because she choose Trevor to be the father. Even when he said he didn't want Noah in his life in the beginning he change his mind and ended staying in his life.

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We see these characteristics in Haiti, They are in poverty and have close to nothing.

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I think he made a risky decision but it ended up being the right one. His sons existence was illegal at the time and it made it difficult to have a relationship with him but in the end Trever became a great person with a great career.

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I think that the circumstances had a positive impact on him because he wrote a book about his experiences to educate people and this shows that he learned from certain experiences as well. Some people would get PTSD or have low self esteem because of experiences that he went through but he wrote a book to teach people and he's even a comedian now so I think that he was impacted in a good way.

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I think that Trevor Noah's decision to have a mixed baby during the apartheid of all things is incredibly brave but dumb at the same time. I also think that she just wanted a baby and the man that she loved so happened to white swiss man which led to Trevor being mixed.

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I think Trevor Noah´s father made the right decision to have a baby with Patricia because they made a very strong person and Trevor grew up to have a very successful career even though he went through a lot when he was younger, he came out to be a multimillionaire.

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We could see Racism like the racism in Apartheid everywhere because no matter where we go, people are going to see others as bad or weird, based on how they look. The people who experience the racisms are innocent and the people who give out the racism are the wrong ones. I feel like we could mostly see Apartheid in America when we look at the Civil war and the time before it because there were so much segregation and hate against anyone who wasn't White.

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I mean Trevor Noah’s home, outside, anywhere wasn’t really the best, it was negative but also positive. I feel the impact may have been more positive, he is an amazing person now. He's a leader, comedian, activist, and etc. Instead of taking trauma from his life and feeling bad for himself he took the positive route and learned from it, wrote a book and helped other people like him better. He showed that no matter the color of your skin you can fight racism and that's more positive than anything. I probably don't know a really bad situation like this because there isn't segregation in America anymore. 

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I mean Trevor Noah’s home, outside, anywhere wasn’t really the best, it was negative but also positive. I feel the impact may have been more positive, he is an amazing person now. He's a leader, comedian, activist, and etc. Instead of taking trauma from his life and feeling bad for himself he took the positive route and learned from it, wrote a book and helped other people like him better. He showed that no matter the color of your skin you can fight racism and that's more positive than anything. I probably don't know a really bad situation like this because there isn't segregation in America anymore. 

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I think that Trevor’s mom made a good decision, maybe she didn't have the best explanation in fact we didn’t really get one at all. But maybe she didn’t want her children's future to be at risk like her’s. I don't believe this is her best choice but we can’t really say she had a better choice. Trevor’s mother probably didn’t want her children to grow up full African and be treated how she was treated, like in the cab when they found out what tribe she was and wanted to kill her. Trevor’s mom maybe just thought making her child  half white was going to give him a little more respect than what they gave her in Africa. I don’t judge her because I probably would have done the same thing. Being in that position there was really no right and wrong, it was just an idea and it turned out to be a great one.

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I think that Trevor’s mom made a good decision, maybe she didn't have the best explanation in fact we didn’t really get one at all. But maybe she didn’t want her children's future to be at risk like her’s. I don't believe this is her best choice but we can’t really say she had a better choice. Trevor’s mother probably didn’t want her children to grow up full African and be treated how she was treated, like in the cab when they found out what tribe she was and wanted to kill her. Trevor’s mom maybe just thought making her child  half white was going to give him a little more respect than what they gave her in Africa. I don’t judge her because I probably would have done the same thing. Being in that position there was really no right and wrong, it was just an idea and it turned out to be a great one.

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I think that Trevors mom did not make a bad decision by having a mixed child. She definitely took a risk knowing that in South Africa at that time having a mixed kid was technically “a crime”. She might have made that decision because in her head there is nothing really wrong with having a mixed race kid despite South Africa’s laws. I honestly would have also made that same decision if i’m with a man that I love and I want to start a family with him, I would take the risk of disobeying the laws and doing it for my happiness.

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Trevor's mother' decision to have Trevor during a time where it was illegal to have children of color was very strong. She was not gonna let the fact that he is a different color as reason to stop fighting for him she fought for him to be where he is right now. She probably wanted him to live the life he deserves. I would do the same I wanted a child and I am going  to own up to my responsibility and do what is right for my child.

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I personally think he made a terrible choice because he knew the risks of having a baby at the time period they were living in the could literally get arrested plus he knew there relationship was illegal so why take another step on top of that.

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I believe that it had a positive impact on him because it influenced to write a book on it and share his story with the world and now it is one of the best selling books in New York Times. He learned about apartheid at a young age and knew technically he was illegal but he did not let that stop him from living his best life. No I don't know anyone.

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The black lives matter protesting that happened after a white officer pressed his knee against an innocent black man's neck after he clearly stated he could not breathe. It was the officer's fault because he ignored him be of his color because he seemed like a threat. And this is a constant issue going on today it needs to stop because we are all the same people.

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I think the challenging circumstances he grew up with had a positive effect on him because he wrote a book about his life so that he could tell his story to others. Also so that people could know what it was like being a mixed child in the apartheid.