{"id":46435,"date":"2016-04-02T16:59:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=46435"},"modified":"2017-02-19T21:34:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T21:34:19","slug":"trevor-noah-its-easier-to-be-an-angry-white-man-than-an-angry-black-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=46435","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Noah: \u2018It\u2019s easier to be an angry white man than an angry black man\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trevor Noah: \u2018It\u2019s easier to be an angry white man than an angry black man\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a>
\n2016-04-02<\/p>\n

Lanre Bakare<\/strong><\/a>, Deputy Arts Editor<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nTrevor Noah<\/a> photographed at the Daily Show<\/em><\/a> offices.
\nPhotograph: Christopher Lane<\/a><\/small><\/small><\/p>\n

Six months ago the South African comic took on the trickiest task in comedy; replacing Jon Stewart<\/a> as host of the <\/em>Daily Show<\/a>. What\u2019s he learned so far? Always keep your cool<\/em><\/p>\n

Trevor Noah<\/a> is perched on top of a bank of chairs in the Daily Show<\/a><\/em> conference room. It\u2019s a Friday, which means there\u2019s no live show, and Noah has time to clown around, undergoing half-a-dozen tie changes while being photographed by the Guide. This room is usually the hallowed space where the writers share their ideas and hone jokes for America\u2019s best-known political satire, but right now Noah has his arms outspread and is tottering around as if he\u2019s about to fall over. \u201cThat\u2019s good,\u201d says the Guide\u2019s photographer. \u201cKeep doing that airplane thing,\u201d he adds as Noah regains his balance. \u201cAirplane?\u201d asks Noah with faux-incredulity. \u201cThat\u2019s what you thought that was? Interesting. This is like a Rorschach test<\/a>: you see whatever you want.\u201d…<\/p>\n

…\u201cFor me growing up as a mixed-race person, you\u2019re forced to see both sides,\u201d he explains. \u201cI grew up in a house where my mother was Xhosa<\/a>, my dad was Swiss<\/a>, my stepdad was Shangaan<\/a>, my friends were Zulu<\/a>. I lived in such a melting pot that I never grew up with a preconceived notion of \u2018people\u2019. Because of that it helped my comedy because I could play within the nuance of that world.\u201d…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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