We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be… - Trevor Noah

just because it’s not happening to you doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

As a kid I understood that people were different colors, but in my head white and black and brown were like types of chocolate. Dad was the white chocolate, mom was the dark chocolate, and I was the milk chocolate. But we were all just chocolate.

The names of the kids with detention were announced at every assembly, and I was always one of them. Always. Every single day. It was a running joke. The prefect would say, ‘Detentions for today…’ and I would stand up automatically. It was like the Oscars and I was Meryl Streep.