Trevor Noah | Project Race

It’s Famous Friday!

Susan Graham2022-04-08T12:38:05+00:00April 8th, 2022|

Trevor Noah was born on February 20th, 1984in Johannesburg, South Africa during the time of the apartheid. His mother was a very intelligent and religious woman. His mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, was African and his father, Robert, was Swedish/German. Trevor grew up with his mother, grandmother, who basically ran the whole family, his blind great-grandmother Koko, as well as his cousins. When he and his parents would walk to the park or just go on a walk in general, his parents would have to walk on opposite sides of [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

multiracial2018-10-08T10:55:50+00:00October 8th, 2018|

Trevor Noah Born in apartheid South Africa, comedian Trevor Noah was literally born a crime. Until the early 1990s, institutionalized racial segregation made it illegal for black and white people to interact. With a Xhosa mother and Swiss-German father, Noah couldn’t be seen with both parents. His mother was arrested several times for interacting with his father. He outlines this difficult childhood experience in his compelling autobiography entitled Born a Crime. In it he explains: “As a kid I understood that people were different colors, but in my head [...]

Not Funny

multiracial2016-08-16T07:34:08+00:00August 16th, 2016|

In an AP article that appeared on August 15 titled “Larry Wilmore-hosted 'Nightly Show' axed by Comedy” Central, TV writer Frazier Moore wrote that Trevor Noah is black. Project RACE responded below. You wrote: Though the end of "The Nightly Show" eliminates a rare black-hosted program from the mainstream airwaves, Alterman dismissed any suggestion that race played a role in the show's ratings failure or that a minority host might not be considered in the future. Said Alterman conclusively, "We're all in with Trevor Noah," who is black. [...]