Born a Crime Chapter 8-13

1. "Africa is full of black people," He would say. "So why would you come all the way to Africa if you hate black people? If you hate black people so much, why did you move into their house?" To him it was insane.

 I choose this particular passage because it shows how illogical and ridiculous racism really is. It made me think just how strong hate can be even when it makes no sense. It made me feel anger and sad and raise the question, how can you move to a land full of black people and than treat them badly as if you didn't come into their home?

"But then it will be a whole restaurant of nothing but toilets."

"Well, if you don't want to do that, than your other option is to make it a normal restaurant and only serve whites."

I choose this passage and it really stuck out to me because it made me realize how causal racism was like just running a restaurant and using the bathroom. It made me raise the thought, How many normal everyday decisions were shaped by racism?

2. I'm not sure yet what I will write about. 

3. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 

• He learned nothing other than that he was secretive. 
• They were given different jobs and rights to make people compete against other races. Trever was being bullied by a bunch of kids and knew he made a mistake by telling Abel because Abel took it too far.
• Trevor gets saved from trouble because officers believed the boy in the video tape was white so they didn't think it was Trevor. I really relate to that quote because a lot of the time I stop myself from doing things I want to because of fear, but the regret i feel later for not doing that thing was a worse feeling.