Tuesday/ Wednesday, January 5/6 Day 1: Born a Crime background

FOR WEDNESDAY, ASYNC MATERIAL: 

Read page 6 The Immorality Act and be prepared on Thursday to write a sentence at the beginning of class that explains this law.

WARNING!!!! On January 31, all chapters that we have been listening to read by Trevor Noah have been removed from youtube.   That means, if you have not been keeping up, the links to the individual chapters are no longer working! You may however access the previous chapters through Born a Crime audio link..access to all chapters



Born a Crime...read page 6, immorality act. 

In class: we are reading Trevor Noah's autobiography, Born a Crime.

Much of the book will require outside reading. If you are absent, make sure you keep up to date with the reading. There will be a link each day. There will also be an audio link. Class time will be spent responding to the Trevor Noah's experiences.



In class: a short video from The Daily Show. (5:20)
Trevor Noah, the man himself

   

To have a better understanding of the book, it is important to have understanding of South Africa's system of apartheid and its historical legacy. Most importantly, is to understand Nelson Mandela's importance in South Africa, particularly his role in ending apartheid and how race and racism functioned in South Africa. This will help you understand how people were placed in racial categories and treated based upon this category. This, of course, had a devastating effect on people. 

We will be exploring some challenging topics through pictures and prompts from the media as a constructive point for critical thinking.  The expectation is that what we write and say will always be respectful. 


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  1. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2021 at 12:13 PM

    Apartheid was a political and social system in south Africa during the white era so people of the south were divided by their race and was forced to live separately from each other .

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