from “born a crime” by trevor noah
“fatal flaw of apartheid”: text analysis
trevor noah is a south african actor, writer, producer, comedian, political commentator, and television host. he hosted the daily show, a satirical news program and late - night talk show on comedy central, from 2015 to 2022. noah has won multiple awards, including two primetime emmys. some say noah is skilled at balancing humor with commentary on current events. others describe his perspective as hilarious and bonding, and say he has a knack for reflecting the room he’s in.

| reading purpose | from “life of a north korean” |
| --- | --- |
| as you read this excerpt, highlight the fatal flaw of apartheid | apartheid, for all its power, had fatal flaws baked in, starting with the fact that it never made any sense. racism is not logical. consider this: chinese people were classified as black in south africa. i don’t mean they were running around acting black. they were still chinese. but, unlike indians, there weren’t enough chinese people to warrant devising a whole separate classification. apartheid, despite its intricacies and precision, didn’t know what to do with them, so the government said, “eh, we’ll just call ’em black. it’s simpler that way.” |
| as you read this excerpt, highlight why they viewed the japanese differently | interestingly, at the same time, japanese people were labeled as white. the reason for this was that the south african government wanted to establish good relations with the japanese in order to import their fancy cars and electronics. so japanese people were given honorary white status while chinese people stayed black. i always like to imagine being a south african policeman who likely couldn’t tell the difference between chinese and japanese but whose job was to make sure that people of the wrong color weren’t doing the wrong thing. if he saw an asian person sitting on a whites - only bench, what would he say? |
| writing tasks | complete the following sentence frame that establishes the fatal flaw of apartheid:
apartheid had many flaws built into its system, one of which....
complete the following sentence frame with textual evidence that states why the japanese were viewed differently
according to the text, “textual evidence” |

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from “born a crime” by trevor noah
“fatal flaw of apartheid”: text analysis
trevor noah is a south african actor, writer, producer, comedian, political commentator, and television host. he hosted the daily show, a satirical news program and late - night talk show on comedy central, from 2015 to 2022. noah has won multiple awards, including two primetime emmys. some say noah is skilled at balancing humor with commentary on current events. others describe his perspective as hilarious and bonding, and say he has a knack for reflecting the room he’s in.

| reading purpose | from “life of a north korean” |
| --- | --- |
| as you read this excerpt, highlight the fatal flaw of apartheid | apartheid, for all its power, had fatal flaws baked in, starting with the fact that it never made any sense. racism is not logical. consider this: chinese people were classified as black in south africa. i don’t mean they were running around acting black. they were still chinese. but, unlike indians, there weren’t enough chinese people to warrant devising a whole separate classification. apartheid, despite its intricacies and precision, didn’t know what to do with them, so the government said, “eh, we’ll just call ’em black. it’s simpler that way.” |
| as you read this excerpt, highlight why they viewed the japanese differently | interestingly, at the same time, japanese people were labeled as white. the reason for this was that the south african government wanted to establish good relations with the japanese in order to import their fancy cars and electronics. so japanese people were given honorary white status while chinese people stayed black. i always like to imagine being a south african policeman who likely couldn’t tell the difference between chinese and japanese but whose job was to make sure that people of the wrong color weren’t doing the wrong thing. if he saw an asian person sitting on a whites - only bench, what would he say? |
| writing tasks | complete the following sentence frame that establishes the fatal flaw of apartheid:
apartheid had many flaws built into its system, one of which....
complete the following sentence frame with textual evidence that states why the japanese were viewed differently
according to the text, “textual evidence” |

Accepted Answer

# Brief Explanations:
1. For the first writing task, the core flaw of apartheid's racial classification is its illogical, arbitrary treatment of non-Black, non-White groups, as seen with the misclassification of Chinese people.
2. For the second writing task, the text directly states the reason for Japan's different classification, tied to South Africa's political and economic goals with Japan.

# Answer:
1. Apartheid had many flaws built into its system, one of which was its illogical, arbitrary racial classification system that grouped non-Black, non-White groups in inconsistent, unprincipled ways (such as classifying Chinese people as Black despite no logical racial basis, simply because the government lacked a plan for them).
2. TEXTUAL EVIDENCE: "The reason for this was that the South African government wanted to establish good relations with the Japanese in order to import their fancy cars and electronics. So Japanese people were given honorary white status while Chinese people stayed black."

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