Text to Self part 2.

In Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime, he talks about rather being with his friends than being with kids he didn’t know and fitting in. I can relate this to myself because I experienced the same thing when I first came to Kingwood. I used to live in Puerto Rico, and slowly felt myself blending in with the culture; so when Trevor says ” With the black kids, I wasn’t constantly trying to be. With the black kids, I just was.” he means he’d rather be with his friends or his color than be with people where he has to act like someone else. When I first moved here I had to make the same realization, and talk with my parents. It was me seeing that I fit in more with people who have the same history as me and experiences. It’s hard to connect with someone who doesn’t know who a Chongo is. I found myself hanging out with different people and acting like someone I wasn’t. When Trevor talks about this it made me realize how similar him and I are on a personal level. It lets me understand his perspective of where he’s coming from and ties me to the story more. I can also relate to him and the story from the standpoint of language also. He uses language as a safety net in situations. His mother like mine taught him different languages in order to get far in life. Although I don’t know 6 languages, I can speak enough Spanish to get by. My one question so far is why his mother felt like she needed a child so desperately. He explains the reasoning by saying ” I was a product of her searching for belonging”. She felt unwanted in the world and in a way needed a reason to live, and that was Trevor. In that aspect I can understand, not from personal experience but from his mothers past I can understand why she felt the need to have a child.