“Trevor Noah is not coloured” AKA Triggers Racial Debate. AKA has been engaging with his fans and followers on Twitter lately. The rapper has been engaging with fans on different issues on the Microblogging platform.
AKA tweeted a query to Twitter followers in reference to South African footballer and Manchester United first-team coach Benni McCarthy. Thus, he inquired as to whether or not Benni is regarded as “black excellence.” “Quick question … is Benni ‘Black Excellence’ or nah? … just need an update with regards to who takes the W here. Thanks,” he tweeted.
Quick question … is Benni “Black Excellence” or nah? … just need an update with regards to who takes the W here. Thanks.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) August 12, 2022
Then, in response, a Tweep questioned as to what the race of “coloured” actually is before wondering if South African-born comedian Trevor Noah is coloured. “I once saw on SABC news colored parents protesting against a black ( African) principal, they didn’t want a black principal in their school… it’s an interesting question: What is a colored? Is Trevor Noah colored ? Is Lucas Radebe colored? Lucas’s mother is colored,” read the tweet.
AKA replied, claiming to be perplexed and not believing Trevor to be coloured in the South African sense. “Uhm no … Trevor is not Coloured in the South African sense … or is he? I dunno. I’m confused now,” AKA replied. AKA’s sentiments towards Trevor Noah’s race triggered a debate on Twitter with tweeps sharing their own views towards the World Is Yours hitmaker.
Trevor Noah is coloured in the South African sense. The Daily Show host’s father, Robert Noah, is of Swiss-German descent, while his mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, is of Xhosa descent.
Yho this one is actually a pretty tight one. Trevor’s dad is white and his mom is black. Which makes him “coloured” by skin tone innit?
— Old School (@LSGuniversal) August 12, 2022
If RACE is defined by Culture then are u trying to say that a Black child born in Europe and raised by White Europeans in White Culture is WHITE ?”COLOURED” can be classified as a TRIBE not a RACE bcos Zulus & Venda are all BLACK but from different TRIBES due DIFFERENT CULTURE
— Ambassador LJ (@jurol1) August 13, 2022
Trevor is an interracial baby, so he is coloured in the South African sense…in other places they’ll call him mixed or black, but here we call him a coloured🤷🏾♂️
— BlackRand_Noriega (@KelOceans) August 12, 2022
That’s exactly how it works:
Benni McCarthy is Coloured. Part of that COLONIAL-derived CULTURE/Language.
Pearl Thusi isn’t. She’s Zulu. She’s native.
The separate development definitions were meant to be CULTURAL (!!)
The substitute statutory word for NATIVE as of 1950: pic.twitter.com/H62ERcgXWR
— Sar Drac 🇿🇦 (@samued5r) August 12, 2022
