Trevor Noah was born mixed child in the middle of an apartheid in South Africa.

Some
people might say that dark skinned people had it the worst back then but I disagree, because
the theme of Trevor Noah's book is that racism was worse for mixed people in South Africa
curing th apartheid. I think that being mixed in South Africa during those times was much
harder because he was discriminated against by both black and white people, it was illegal to
have mixed children, and he couldn't see his dad.

During the apartheid black people were discriminated against, and segregated from
white people. With black people getting the short end of the stick being discriminated against
you would think that they have it the worst, but that is not the case. Trevor Noah being a mixed
kid experienced hate from both sides being a mixed child. Being mixed was frowned upon in
South Africa but not just white people but black people as well, people treated ethnicity like a
team, if you switched teams you were a bad guy people looked down on you. Trevor faced
adversity from many kinds of people, even his own family. For instance when his Grandmother
said, “I’m scared I’m going to break him. I don’t want to kill a white person. I’m so afraid. I’m
not going to touch him.” (Noah 40) Even his own family was unsure about his existence and
didn't know what to think of him just because he was mixed. Being that his own family is unsure
of him you could only imagine what strangers were to think of Trevor.

Not only did Trevor face adversity from people who didnt like the fact that he was mixed,
being mixed during the apartheid was in fact illegal. Being mixed itself wasnt illegal but the fact
that his mother had sex with a white man was, hence the title of his book Born a Crime. Now
because Trevor was mixed and that was a crime in itself, Trevor was sheltered from society
because if he didnt go out and a police officer saw him, he would be taken away because his
mom wasn't allowed to have him, and his dad wasn't allowed to make him.”I’d beg my
grandmother to go outside. “Please. Please, can I go play with my cousins?”
“No! They’re going to take you!”. (Noah 26) If the police did see Trevor, he would be taken away
and his mother would be put into jail.

The final reason as to why being mixed in South Africa was worse than being black is
because Trevor was only able to see his father on special occasions. This is because Trevor's
father is white and if Trevor was seen with his white dad, he would be prosecuted for making
Trevor. Even if they were in his father's house they still weren't safe because officers were known
to look through windows, or look to see if mixed couples were together by any means so they
could stop them and arrest them. “There were whole police squads whose only job was to go
around peeking through windows—clearly an assignment for only the finest law enforcement
officers.” (Noah 20) Because of this Trevor rarely saw his Dad and didn't really get to know him
because his Mother raised him.

In all Trevor Noah faced many hardships, and lots of adversity from not being able to go
outside from fear of getting sent away, to experiencing racism from your own family. He
experienced hate from both groups of people and was alone on that journey because he was the
only mixed kid where he was from. I believe that these factors show how being mixed during the
aparthied in South Africa was the worst possible situation, but Trevor made the most of it.