article_snippet: Born to a black mother and white father in South Africa, Trevor Noah was not allowed to live with either parent and even passed off by family as albino because, under apartheid laws, different races could not mix .
article_snippet: a Xhosa mother and Swiss father had to be very clandestine about who Swiss father was,' Trevor Noah told the Times. '
article_snippet: Trevor Noah couldn't be on my birth certificate.'
article_snippet: For much of Trevor Noah childhood, Trevor Noah African family passed Trevor Noah off as an albino.
article_snippet: Under apartheid laws, different races could not mix and Trevor Noah was not allowed to live with either of Trevor Noah parents.
article_snippet: Trevor Noah reportedly once cracked to an audience, 'I was born a crime.'
article_snippet: I didn't live a normal life,' Trevor Noah told the Times. '
article_snippet: More specifically, Trevor Noah says that after Trevor Noah began to do stand-up in Trevor Noah 20s, Trevor Noah quickly became aware that 'speaking freely about anything, as a person of color, was considered treason.'