Trevor Noah

Huh?

But still, man, this invasion of Ukraine has put the world on edge and it has amounted to one of the most dramatic weeks in a really long time.

Like, I don't know about you, but I have been glued to the TV all weekend watching all the news, everything.

And beyond the war itself, I will say this, I will say this, beyond the war, there's a really interesting thing that I learned.

And that is a lot of people on TV didn't expect a war like this to happen in, let's say, certain neighborhoods.

These are prosperous middle class people.

These are not people trying to get away from areas in North Africa.

They look like any European family that you would live next door to.

This isn't a place, with all due respect, you know, like Iraq or Afghanistan.

You know, this is a relatively civilized, relatively European, I have to choose those words carefully too, city where you wouldn't expect that or hope that it's going to happen.

Wow.

That was you choosing your words carefully.

That was the careful version.

So what were you gonna say if you weren't choosing your words carefully?

I just hope the next time this happens, it happens back in the Middle East where it belongs.

Here's the thing, people.

Here's the thing.

Beyond the racism, right?

Like, let's forget the racism.

Oh, how I wish we could forget about the racism.