Trevor Noah Talks Depression, Radical Honesty, and Braiding Hair
Death, Sex & Money
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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Anna. |
| 0:02.0 | Earlier this month, as you probably know, Trevor Noah |
| 0:05.3 | ended his seven-year run hosting the Daily Show. |
| 0:09.0 | In his final episode at the desk, he said this. |
| 0:12.4 | I always tell people if you truly want to learn about America, |
| 0:16.6 | talk to black women. |
| 0:17.8 | Yeah, cause... |
| 0:23.6 | Unlike everybody else, |
| 0:25.6 | black women cannot afford to f*** around and find out. |
| 0:30.6 | Black people understand how hard it is when things go bad, |
| 0:38.6 | especially in America, but any place where black people exist |
| 0:41.6 | whether it's Brazil or South Africa or whatever it is, |
| 0:44.6 | when things go bad, black people know that it gets worse for them. |
| 0:48.6 | But black women in particular, they know what shit is. |
| 0:53.6 | And he thanked some black American women in particular. |
| 0:58.6 | So black women who have taught me all of them, |
| 1:00.6 | I mean, the scholars online, the authors, everybody, |
| 1:04.6 | the Roxanne Gays, the Tressie Mcmillan-Cottons, |
| 1:06.6 | you know, I'll remember the names. |
| 1:09.6 | Listening to this, we were reminded of one of our very favorite |
| 1:13.6 | death sex and money episodes. |
| 1:15.6 | One, I wasn't involved in at all. |
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