Born a Crime
Test your knowledge with 45 questions across 3 challenge tiers
Master These Concepts
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Apartheid
The system of institutionalized racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994
Under apartheid races were legally separated and interracial relationships were criminal
Immorality Act
The apartheid law that criminalized sexual relations between white people and other races
Trevor existence was illegal because his white father and Black mother violated the Immorality Act
Coloured
The South African racial classification for people of mixed racial heritage
Under apartheid Coloured people occupied an intermediate position between Black and white with different rights
Township
Urban areas designated for Black residents under apartheid typically impoverished
Soweto and Alexandra were townships where Black South Africans were forced to live
Xhosa
One of the major ethnic groups and languages of South Africa – Trevor mother Patricia heritage
Patricia was Xhosa and raised Trevor with Xhosa traditions and language
Soweto
The large township southwest of Johannesburg where Trevor spent much of his childhood
Soweto was home to over a million Black South Africans during apartheid
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