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Trevor Noah’s refreshing take on why a South African woman got locked up for being racist is currently trending on social media.

 

South African comedian and Daily Show host Trevor Noah has explained why convicted racist Vicki Momberg was sentenced for being racist.

Magistrate Pravina Rugoonandan sentenced Momberg last Wednesday to three years in prison, of which one year was suspended.

Momberg had been convicted of four counts of crimen injuria, after she lashed out at a black police officer who had been assisting her after an alleged smash-and-grab incident in Northriding, Johannesburg. She used the k-word 48 times.

In the “behind-the-scenes footage” of the show, Noah describes how Momberg racially abused black police officers who attempted to help her after a smash-and-grab incident in 2016.

Some have argued her reaction to the incident is freedom of speech, but Noah set the record straight.

“Just don’t be racist, I love how people make as if it’s the hardest thing ever. It’s not like you go to jail for mistake racism. This is hardcore racism and people are like, ‘I don’t know how I can live in this country.’

Watch the video below:


Sources: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
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