The novel Born a Crime focuses mostly on racism and how Trevor Noah and his mother lived on a day to day basis under constant threat from outside forces. This just so happens to connect to our pandemic in a couple of ways.
First off, when the pandemic started, there was a huge increase in racism towards many different groups of Asian Americans. The rumors of Chinese people getting the virus because they were eating bat soup disgusted me. I read articles about how Asian Americans that were wearing masks to protect themselves (as they should be doing) were facing criticism and being shunned by the public. People didn't even want to use public transportation because the were fearful that something might happen to them. Obviously during this time of uncertainty, being cautious is advised. But racism is where the line must be crossed.
This might be an obvious thought, but this whole situation drilled one thought into my brain. Life isn't fair. People talk about freedom, equality, and opportunity but I feel like we use these words to cover up everything else going on in the world. Trevor Noah didn't choose to be born into a war torn country with no idea if he was going to be killed the next day, it forced upon him. We didn't want our senior year to be ruined from this global pandemic, but it happened. What can you do? Absolutely nothing. We just have to deal with the result of something that we had no say in. I guess that's just how life is sometimes. Let's just say I suck with facing adversity.
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