1. Black families who were relocated in order to create white-only settlements struggled to survive and thrive. Noah I states, "So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. That is the curse of being
black and poor, and it is a curse that follows you from generation to generation. My mother calls it the 'black tax.'
Because the generations who came before you have been pillaged, rather than being free to use your skills and
education to move forward, you lose everything just trying to bring everyone behind you back up to zero" (p. 66).
Spend some time researching the movement of races in South Africa post-apartheid, including which resettlements
were voluntary and which were forced by the government. Where do Noah's accounts resonate with other historical
versions of these events, and where do his accounts diverge from them? How and why do you think these
relocations impacted racial equality and upward mobility?