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I’m not really a food connoisseur.

Aasif Mandvi

In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you’re a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn’t matter where you come from.
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Come Fact Matter Views Where You
I know the Gospel according to Mark better than I know any sura in the Quran.
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Better Gospel Know Mark Quran
Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.
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Bigot Chechen Committee Creative Good Luck
Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.
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Anyone Bashing Beat General Kind Subcontinent Used
Getting chased home from the bus stop after school by English kids, boarding school, being targeted for praying to what they call Allah wallah ding dong.
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Bus Chased English Getting Home Kid Praying Stop
England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.
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Colonization Country Interesting Relationship Subcontinent Two Year
Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections.
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Election Statistically Voter Voter Fraud Zero
Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point to reach people who want to be entertained and also learn something.
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Access Comedy Feel Lecture People Serious Topic
I’m Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.
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Big Friend Holiday Jewish Muslim Off Pork Way
I don’t want to tell people what they should think.
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People Tell Thinking Want
For anybody who’s ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.
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End Like Logic Something Used Violence
This was in the ’70s and there was a lot of racism towards South Asians and there was a lot of hazing and bullying and racism that really probably shaped me in some way in terms of, like, wanting to get out of there.
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Asian Bullying Hazing Racism South Toward Way
Bradford specifically there were a lot of Pakistanis there. Even today it has a very large Pakistani population.It was something that I experienced
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Bradford Danger Home Kid Population School Something Specially Today
When you’re brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
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Brown Doctor Indian Offer Roles
I thought [when I was 16] my days were just going to be spent hanging out on a beach and my girlfriend was going to be Miss Teen USA and my best friend will be a dolphin.
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Beach Day Enjoy Girlfriend Hanging Spent
I think I discovered my first, you know, my first image of a naked woman was sort of sneaking a peek at one of those magazines that was in my dad’s store.
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Dad Discover Image Naked Peek Sneaking Thinking Woman

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