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Trevor says about his mother, "She wanted a child, not a man stepping in to run her life" (Noah 26). How does this explain Trevor's birth and his parents' agreement? Compose at least 3 sentences and include a piece of text evidence to support your response.

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This question is about the book called "Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah

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Noah's mother was South African and her father was a Swiss. During the apartheind marriage between them was forbidden, but Noah's father wanted to have a relationship with his mother, while Noah's mother wanted to have a child, but did not want a man in her life. This allowed Noah's mother to have a relationship (even though it was considered a crime) and to get pregnant, without having to marry Noah's father, and this allowed Noah's father to have a relationship with Noah's mother, without having to assume and taking care of a future child. That's what happened, but when Noah was born and he was neither a white child nor a black child, he was considered a crime, since the relationship between whites and blacks was illegal and he was clearly the result of such a relationship.

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