” I grew up in a world where being an angry black man got you nowhere” – Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah’s success on The Daily Show is in part to creating a comedic view on “Growing up in South Africa with a white father and a black mother, Trevor Noah confronted prejudice on both sides” biracial under Apartheid “which helps when it comes to creating political satire on ‘The Daily Show.”’ Apartheid or racial segregation a former social system in South Africa which nonwhite people did not have the same rights as white people and faced discrimination.
His experience growing up enables him to see both sides of an issue — which helps when it comes to creating political satire on The Daily Show. “I’ve understood multiple experiences simultaneously,” he says. “That’s something I’ve always done and I continue to do till this day: I try and see the perspective of the other side.”
“When I think back. … Not 25 years ago, I was living in basically a very elevated hut with no running water or indoor sanitation. I can’t trick myself into getting stressed by First World problems,” he says. “Things are going great. Things are going very, very well.”
“There’s a place for anger, but you can get so much further with diplomacy and empathy. You have to feel for the other person, even if you think they’re completely wrong. And they think the same about you,” Noah says.
