article_snippet: Born to a black mother and white father in South Africa, 31-year-old 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,' Noah told The New York TimesThe New York Times. '
article_snippet: Noah couldn't be on my birth certificate.'
article_snippet: For much of Noah childhood, Noah African family passed Noah off as an albino.
article_snippet: Under apartheid laws, different races could not mix and Noah was not allowed to live with either of Noah parents.
article_snippet: Noah reportedly once cracked to an audience, 'I was born a crime.'
article_snippet: Nonetheless, Noah's past is firmly rooted in South Africa turbulent racial history. '
article_snippet: I didn't live a normal life,' Noah told The New York Times. '
article_snippet: More specifically, Noah says that after Noah began to do stand-up in Noah 20s, Noah quickly became aware that 'speaking freely about anything, as a person of color, was considered treason.'