Out of body

Reading Born a Crime by Trevor Noah I noticed that we share similar experiences, the feeling of feeling “other” and being conflicted on where you belong. Noah talks about struggling with his identity not knowing which category he fit into most. Noah would mostly write his stories in a humorous manner but there would be times he would be serious and detailed, I decided to take this approach. I wanted to try out the humorous style but it didn’t seem to work out. I decided to use the serious/detailed because even though I joke about my life often I didn’t think that it would fit into my memoir.

In my memoir, I talk about my struggles with relating to African American culture and enduring bullying due to the way I carried myself. The disconnect I felt in middle with African American culture because most of the black kids seen me as “whitewashed” and me trying to fit in.