After seven years of biting insight and lightning-fast wit, Trevor Noah said goodbye to hosting duties on The Daily Show Thursday night. But not before he thanked his audience—those “who watched,” “share the clips,” “everyone who’s had an opinion … even the people who hate-watched, we still got ratings,” he said.
But then the beloved host paid a “special shout-out” tribute to Black women. When people give him credit for being smart, he said, “Who do you think teaches me?” He then gave praise to his mother, grandmother, and aunt. “All these Black women in my life.”
“If you truly want to learn about America, you talk to Black women,” Noah said emotionally. “Because unlike everybody else, Black women can’t afford to fuck around and find out. Black people understand how hard it is when things go bad, especially in America, but any place that Black people exist.”
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“When things go bad, Black people know that it gets worse for them. But Black women, in particular, they know what shit is, genuinely,” Noah added.
He went on to talk about why Black women vote in America and turn out in such large numbers.
“Because they know what happens if things do not go the way it should. They cannot afford to fuck around and find out.”
Of course, Noah is right on the money.
Black women have played vital roles in both mobilization and voter turnout in the U.S. for decades.
Glynda Carr, president and CEO of Higher Heights for America PAC, which supports Black women candidates, tells the League of Women Voters, “Black women are a powerful force in the American political system, and their political power at the polls and on the ballot continues to grow and is increasingly recognized as the force it is.”
In his farewell monologue, Noah listed just a few of the heavyweights who’ve appeared on his show. Women, he noted who have “taken the time to inform, educate, argue and laugh,” with him.
Women such as the author of Bad Feminist Roxane Gay; The New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom; Zimbabwean American writer Zoe Samudzi; and founder of the Me Too movement Tarana Burke.
“I’ll tell you now, do yourself a favor, if you truly want to know what to do or how to do it, or maybe the best way or the most equitable way, talk to Black women. They’re a lot of the reason I’m here, and so I’m grateful to them.”
Watch Noah’s parting words here:
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