When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are sayin — Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, “I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond me. I see you as a human being.

— Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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