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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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366 total appearances

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What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So, I remember... You would make a good fiction writer. This is actually how we're supposed to see... You know, you're supposed to kind of understand everybody's point of view without necessarily agreeing. It's because he's biracial and he was born in apartheid.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So, I remember... You would make a good fiction writer. This is actually how we're supposed to see... You know, you're supposed to kind of understand everybody's point of view without necessarily agreeing. It's because he's biracial and he was born in apartheid.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But anyway.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But anyway.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Yeah, no, but I think when I say all, I mean the collective, you know? But you know what's interesting? And it's true. It's true about Americans. And I think it comes from, I mean, just listening to you and, you know, this person says to you, aren't you conflicted? And then you're saying, you know, let's look at the UAE. How old is it?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Yeah, no, but I think when I say all, I mean the collective, you know? But you know what's interesting? And it's true. It's true about Americans. And I think it comes from, I mean, just listening to you and, you know, this person says to you, aren't you conflicted? And then you're saying, you know, let's look at the UAE. How old is it?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And I'm just thinking, you know, that American point of view often comes from a place of just not knowing very much about the world. And also not, I sometimes feel that arguments in this country are not rooted in information and knowledge. It's not just that often they can feel like performances, but it would be nice if someone said, why aren't you conflicted?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And I'm just thinking, you know, that American point of view often comes from a place of just not knowing very much about the world. And also not, I sometimes feel that arguments in this country are not rooted in information and knowledge. It's not just that often they can feel like performances, but it would be nice if someone said, why aren't you conflicted?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And someone else says, no, I'm not conflicted. Well, people like jokes, and so I'm going to go where people like jokes. I think that's kind of what you would often hear in America. Rather than how old is the UAE? How long does it take a society to evolve? What are the changes that have happened that speak to a certain kind of hopeful progressivism? That doesn't happen.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And someone else says, no, I'm not conflicted. Well, people like jokes, and so I'm going to go where people like jokes. I think that's kind of what you would often hear in America. Rather than how old is the UAE? How long does it take a society to evolve? What are the changes that have happened that speak to a certain kind of hopeful progressivism? That doesn't happen.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So Trevor, you need to start classes. I mean, this is the class. No, but really, I'm just thinking, and I think it is true about really a lot of things. You know, I just wish that sometimes if there was a huge issue of the day, outrage of the day, that people would be like, I'm not going to have an opinion until I've read a book about it.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So Trevor, you need to start classes. I mean, this is the class. No, but really, I'm just thinking, and I think it is true about really a lot of things. You know, I just wish that sometimes if there was a huge issue of the day, outrage of the day, that people would be like, I'm not going to have an opinion until I've read a book about it.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

No, honestly, unfair to expect it of everyone?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

No, honestly, unfair to expect it of everyone?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

People have a certain responsibility. It's unfair to expect it of people who are deep inside something. So, for example, to say, if you said to me, it's unfair to expect people in Gaza, or it's unfair to expect people who lived through what happened in Israel to be rational or objective. I agree with that. But the average person? No. No.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

People have a certain responsibility. It's unfair to expect it of people who are deep inside something. So, for example, to say, if you said to me, it's unfair to expect people in Gaza, or it's unfair to expect people who lived through what happened in Israel to be rational or objective. I agree with that. But the average person? No. No.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We have a responsibility. So are you Jesus then? Are you above everyone else? How come you... No, but really. No, let me explain.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We have a responsibility. So are you Jesus then? Are you above everyone else? How come you... No, but really. No, let me explain.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Because this argument, I'm going to say that the foundation of it is very self-aggrandizing.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Because this argument, I'm going to say that the foundation of it is very self-aggrandizing.