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title: "2 Snitch Quotes By Trevor Noah"
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> [A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And, you know, they were afforded special privileges. They may have been paid by the police. But you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/a-lot-of-black-people-worked-with-the-police-as-snitches-we-used-to/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/trevor-noah-1603_black_a-lot-of-black-people-worked-with-the-po_505476.jpg)

> [ People were encouraged to snitch. \[South Africa\] was a police state, so there were police everywhere. There were undercover police. There were uniformed police. The state was being surveilled the entire time. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/people-were-encouraged-to-snitch-south-africa-was-a-police-state-so/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/trevor-noah-1603_people_people-were-encouraged-to-snitch-south-a_1183774.jpg)

## More by Trevor Noah

> [“My family had been denied the things his family had taken for granted. I had a natural talent for selling to people, but without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/my-family-had-been-denied-the-things-his-family-had-taken-for-granted/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/when-you-see-someone-as-a-human-being-you-begin-to-understand-most/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/i-guess-that-is-the-strange-part-of-the-human-brain-that-people-have/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [“Whilst my mother couldn't give me access to the world, she at least made sure to let me know it existed. A kid cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/whilst-my-mother-couldn-t-give-me-access-to-the-world-she-at-least/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [“When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/when-you-make-the-effort-to-speak-someone-else-s-language-even-if-it/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/i-want-to-be-in-a-position-where-i-get-to-start-off-fresh-i-don-t/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [It's very rare to find a place where news itself has a political bent. Normally, let's say in the U.K. for instance, newspapers might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/it-s-very-rare-to-find-a-place-where-news-itself-has-a-political-bent/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [ I was lucky to come along for the ride. \[My mother\] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in in South… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/i-was-lucky-to-come-along-for-the-ride-my-mother-really-is-an-amazing/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [When I first came to the U.S. - because I do accents and I've traveled the world. I have friends of almost every single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/when-i-first-came-to-the-u-s-because-i-do-accents-and-i-ve-traveled/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [If the police believed that they were planning any form of resistance against the state, then you were just gone. Nobody knew where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/if-the-police-believed-that-they-were-planning-any-form-of-resistance/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [“I remember the thing that caused the trauma, but I don't hold on to the trauma. I never let the memory of something painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/i-remember-the-thing-that-caused-the-trauma-but-i-don-t-hold-on-to/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [“Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says “We’re the same.” A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/language-brings-with-it-an-identity-and-a-culture-or-at-least-the/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [My mom would spend a week in jail. She would spend a day in jail here - a week again, a week and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/my-mom-would-spend-a-week-in-jail-she-would-spend-a-day-in-jail-here/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/i-knew-of-like-i-remember-for-most-of-my-life-i-grew-up-and-knight/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

> [“The hood was strangely comforting, but comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/the-hood-was-strangely-comforting-but-comfort-can-be-dangerous/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

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