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Calls To Boycott Comedian Trevor Noah’s Australian Tour Over Joke About Indigenous Women

UPDATE: “I Wasn’t Trying To Hurt Anyone”: Trevor Noah Addresses His Offensive Joke About Indigenous Women

UPDATE: Trevor Noah Responds To Calls For Australian Boycott Over Joke About Indigenous Women

ORIGINAL STORY: Trevor Noah’s forthcoming Australian tour has sparked some belated backlash, after footage of the South African comedian making an offensive joke about Aboriginal women was dredged up on Twitter.

A clip of the current Daily Show host’s 2013 stand-up special It’s My Culture shows him delivering a routine which centred around the physical appearance of Australian Aboriginal women, and ended with him mimicking the sound of a didgeridoo while pretending to administer oral sex.

“All women of every race can be beautiful,” his joke began. “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 continued.

“Plus it’s not always about looks, maybe Aborigine women do special things, maybe they’ll just like, jump on top of you,” he concluded, before making the didgeridoo noise while pretending to give a blowjob.

A clip of the routine was posted to Twitter by former NRL star Joe Williams, who didn’t hold back voicing his outrage.

“As a man of colour, you are usually in point with racism & divide. Here you are perpetrating & encouraging racial abuse!! #boycotttrevornoahinoz” he tweeted.

Other users quickly began echoing his disgust:

Noah will arrive in Australia next month for a five-date tour, hitting up venues in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.

In the meantime, the #boycotttrevornoahinoz hashtag appears to be gathering steam.

Check out what more Twitter users had to say, and watch Noah’s controversial joke for yourself, below.

https://youtu.be/jbtiqBh7IZQ?t=5411

https://twitter.com/nakkiahlui/status/1021198791553138688

https://twitter.com/alielmg88/status/1021164409136148481

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