Trevor Noah's Oscar joke trolling whites in a native tongue originated with Sitting Bull
by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Feb 26, 2019
3 minutes
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By now, it is widely known that daily show host Trevor Noah pulled a fast one on the Oscars audience Sunday night by mistranslating a phrase in the South African Xhosa language to make it seem like a traditional platitude, rather than an expression of disdain.
What most people probably don't know, however, is that not only was he not the first foreign-born celebrity to stage this sort of stunt, but the most renowned example was executed by the great Sioux chief
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