Noah compares the teaching of the Holocaust to German students to the teaching of apartheid to South African students. He recalls: “In South Africa, the atrocities of apartheid
have never been taught that way. We weren’t taught judgment or shame. . . . Facts, but not
many, and never the emotional or moral dimension” (p. 185). Given his assertion, how does
Born a Crime complicate how apartheid history might be taught, and why that history should
include narratives like Noah’s? What does his account suggest about how historical memory
is preserved for some groups and not for others? What does his story suggest about the
importance of including an emotional or moral dimension in these historical accounts?