If you have a choice between reading it or listening to it, I highly recommend listening to it because Noah reads it himself. Because my IRL book club was discussing Born a Crime this month and I had already read the ebook, I wanted to listen to the audio book. I first read Born a Crime a few years ago. It all depends on your point-of-view and many of the world's atrocities are glossed over still because people don't want to take responsibility for the part they or their ancestors played in slavery or racism because it's still very much alive today.
I now realize that while the Holocaust was a horrible time in the world, it's not necessarily the worst thing that has happened. It opened my eyes to the atrocities of the world in other areas than just in European and American history. I'm glad I took the time to read Born a Crime. I know I've lived a very sheltered life, but I've never realized how easy my life has been until reading some of these experiences. While reading Noah's memoir, there were times I was laughing in stitches, other times I was in shock and disbelief, and yet other times I was angry at the injustices he witnessed and experienced.
And, I thought it was interesting that language often helped him bridge the gap between his peers he was only accepted because he was a "chameleon" and could speak their language as well as they could. It amazes me how much he was considered an outsider in his own community because his skin was lighter than others. I honestly found Noah's childhood interesting to read about because of not only how he was treated, but also because of the experiences he had. Truth be told, until I became familiar with Noah as a comedian, I didn't know his existence was a crime during the apartheid. I learned a great deal about South Africa and the apartheid. Born a Crime was a very fascinating read.