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Christiana

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2728 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

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

I come for it from a different perspective. I think I hate how in America it's like, you're right, you're left, you're right-leaning. Because I think people contain multiple ideological positions. On some issues, like right-wing leaning on what? There is no one.

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

I come for it from a different perspective. I think I hate how in America it's like, you're right, you're left, you're right-leaning. Because I think people contain multiple ideological positions. On some issues, like right-wing leaning on what? There is no one.

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

You're a student.

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

You're a student.

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

So you encourage the discourse and the dialogue, but it has to be grounded in, I guess, intellectual curiosity. And it seems like from reading your essays and your work, a mutual respect. Because the affront to you is just like, don't be disrespectful, which is how I feel. Don't disrespect me or I'm going to leave.

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

So you encourage the discourse and the dialogue, but it has to be grounded in, I guess, intellectual curiosity. And it seems like from reading your essays and your work, a mutual respect. Because the affront to you is just like, don't be disrespectful, which is how I feel. Don't disrespect me or I'm going to leave.

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

He didn't fit anywhere, so he had to understand.

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

He didn't fit anywhere, so he had to understand.

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

You know, Trevor's the king of that. Not the book, but remember at the show, the Daily Show, I think it was Jussie Smollett, this example always comes to mind. Jussie Smollett, the incident happened where he said he was assaulted by these Trump people. We're doing the meeting, we're watching the videos and, you know, people are like, oh, this is so outrageous, this is so sad.

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

You know, Trevor's the king of that. Not the book, but remember at the show, the Daily Show, I think it was Jussie Smollett, this example always comes to mind. Jussie Smollett, the incident happened where he said he was assaulted by these Trump people. We're doing the meeting, we're watching the videos and, you know, people are like, oh, this is so outrageous, this is so sad.

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

Myself, who's like Trotsky on the far left... And another writer who I won't name, but it's pretty right wing. We both said there's something not right. And Trevor said, you see these two people? They never agree. And he's like, guys, let's pause. Trevor said, we're not going to, we're not going to cover this.

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

Myself, who's like Trotsky on the far left... And another writer who I won't name, but it's pretty right wing. We both said there's something not right. And Trevor said, you see these two people? They never agree. And he's like, guys, let's pause. Trevor said, we're not going to, we're not going to cover this.

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

We're not going to go for like MAGA racists. And we had all the roles because it's like it's a big production to get all these clips. We had all the roles. People had the take. People had made jokes about how it was. And Trevor was like, let's take a beat. And this was like on the Monday or Tuesday. Wednesday, more's coming in. You know, people are saying justice for Jussie Smollett.

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

We're not going to go for like MAGA racists. And we had all the roles because it's like it's a big production to get all these clips. We had all the roles. People had the take. People had made jokes about how it was. And Trevor was like, let's take a beat. And this was like on the Monday or Tuesday. Wednesday, more's coming in. You know, people are saying justice for Jussie Smollett.

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

Like Kamala Harris, everyone's tweeting. Trevor's still like, let's take a beat. I think it wasn't until like Wednesday or Thursday it emerges that... You know, the story wasn't what he was professing it to be. And Trevor was like, okay, now we're ready. And I always think about that when a story breaks or there's some hot button issue.

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

Like Kamala Harris, everyone's tweeting. Trevor's still like, let's take a beat. I think it wasn't until like Wednesday or Thursday it emerges that... You know, the story wasn't what he was professing it to be. And Trevor was like, okay, now we're ready. And I always think about that when a story breaks or there's some hot button issue.

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

Because I'm, listen, I'm always like, I'm quite fiery, as you may have gathered. I used to be of the view of like... This is my opinion. But Trevor's very good at, let's take a beat. Let's read more. I used to be frustrated because I'd be like, this happened to these people. They're dying. And Trevor said, well, people die every day.

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

Because I'm, listen, I'm always like, I'm quite fiery, as you may have gathered. I used to be of the view of like... This is my opinion. But Trevor's very good at, let's take a beat. Let's read more. I used to be frustrated because I'd be like, this happened to these people. They're dying. And Trevor said, well, people die every day.

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

We can't like, we have to have an informed response to what's happening.

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

We can't like, we have to have an informed response to what's happening.