‘The Daily Show’ Host Trevor Noah Under Fire Over Old Joke About Aboriginal Women

As we discussed over the weekend, there’s a new trend which involves digging up old social media posts from people you don’t like and blasting it out to the masses.

We’ve seen it with now former “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn and lib comedian Michael Ian Black.

Next up? Trevor Noah.

Apparently, Noah made an “offensive” joke about Aboriginal women a few years ago.

“And I know some of you are sitting there now going, ‘Oh Trevor, yeah, but I’ve never seen a beautiful Aborigine’. Yeah, but you know what you say? You say ‘yet’, that’s what you say; ‘yet.’ Because you haven’t seen all of them, right?” he said.

“Plus it’s not always about looks, maybe Aboriginal women do special things, maybe they’ll just like, jump on top of you and be like–” he said while pretending to play a didgeridoo. “All women of every race can be beautiful.”

PS– I have a didgeridoo and dressed up for an “illustrative/visual” speech in speech class back in the day. It was a hit, but I can’t even imagine doing that now. I would’ve been called a racist or accused of cultural appropriation.

Flashback to 2012 Hannah–

I have not seen my natural hair color since.

It’s wild how fast this PC world came upon us. After all, that was only five or six years ago. By the time I got to my senior year, it was BAAAAAAD.

And no. I have not yet mastered circular breathing. It takes serious skill!

Hey @Trevornoah, your comments about Aboriginal @IndigenousX in this clip are utterly unacceptable! As a man of colour, you are usually in point with racism & divide – here you are perpetrating & encouraging racial abuse!! #boycotttrevornoahinoz https://t.co/UNXE8TlBtq RT

— Joe Williams – TEW (@joewilliams_tew) July 22, 2018

Don’t bother trying to watch the video on YouTube, because it’s been removed.

Noah has apologized.

I am so disgusted and appalled by the comments by @Trevornoah and his attempted humour that denigrates Aboriginal women I hope Australians boycott his shows in #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Perth #Australia That kind of ‘humour’ is not funny and does damage! #racismitstopswithme https://t.co/yplwK2CtI7

— Dr Anita Heiss (@AnitaHeiss) July 22, 2018

@joewilliams_tew you’re right. After visiting Australia’s Bunjilaka museum and learning about aboriginal history first hand I vowed never to make a joke like that again. And I haven’t. I’ll make sure the clip from 2013 is not promoted in any way.

— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) July 22, 2018

How do you feel about this whole “digging up old tweets and jokes” thing?