Identity

The general issues that Trevor Noah explores are still very relevant to the present day, especially because the stories that he writes about did not take place that long ago. The obvious issues, like racism, division, or poverty, are unfortunately nothing new and they can be linked to pretty much any place in the world at any place in time. In addition, there are more subtle issues that he discusses, such as finding an identity and a group to belong to. These are also timeless problems, but the difference between these issues and the issues stated earlier is that everyone deals with them, no matter the skin color or financial status. For Noah, it was choosing between "black or white". For others, it can depend on a passion or hobby. It can depend on culture. It can depend on social status. It can be a combination of many different things. The reason why I bring this up in particular is that we, as high schoolers, are going through a time of solidifying who we think we are, so this relates to the part that I read in Born a Crime a little while ago as well as the discussion post from yesterday. I wrote this before I even read the discussion post, but it works out because this is like a continuation of answering the prompt, except it's in the context of the book I am reading.