My mom raised me as if there were no limitations on where I could go or what I could do. When I look back I… — Trevor Noah
My mom raised me as if there were no limitations on where I could go or what I could do. When I look back I realize she raised me like a white kid - not white culturally, but in the sense of believing that the world was my oyster, that I should speak up for myself, that my ideas and thoughts and decisions mattered.
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