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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.

Aasif Mandvi

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
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
So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was — but I wanted to be there.
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America Complete Idea Unrealistic Wanted
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
Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.
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Court Doe Fraud Past Racism Supreme Voter
Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala.
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Chicken Dish Food National Reverse Today
It is ironic that it doesn’t matter how successful I am in any other capacity. Ultimately, my parents marker is do you have a wife? And do you have children?
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Children Iconic Marker Successful Wife
You do find a lot of your time in the West kind of searching for your place in the world – your voice, your identity, like, who am I? Like, what is my reason for being here, you know? And in that same way who am I to be partnered with, you know?
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Identity Lot Searching Time Voice World
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
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 think politicians and comedians have a lot in common. One is a group of approval-seeking narcissists who will say and do anything to be liked… and comedians are always talking about politics.
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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
When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like – America seemed like the land of opportunity and, you know, it was Hollywood to me.
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America Decide Family Land Like Opportunity Seem Sort
I’m not really a food connoisseur.
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Connoisseur Food Really
In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food… they’ve never even tasted it!
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America Chicago Country Exotic New York Outside People Thinking
I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.
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Definitely Dynamic Grandchildren Interesting Married Parent Sister Thinking

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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