How to make white people laugh / by Negin Farsad.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781455558223
- 1455558222
- 792.702/8092 B 23
- PN2287.F3525 A3 2016
- BIO026000 | BIO002000 | HUM003000
Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library | Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library | Biographies | B FARSAD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 43185001052206 |
Includes bibliographical references.
An introduction: I used to be black -- Iranians have no gaydar and other things I learned growing up in Palm Springs -- Hairy legs, short shorts, and the Mexification of Negin Farsad -- Negin and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day: aka high school -- When fig newtons are the last straw: on leaving Palm Springs -- A protester is born: Dave Matthews, pleated khakis, and the Reverend Al Sharpton -- My lady parts and my comedy parts -- Bootleg Islam -- Where my staplers at? -- My own people don't like me very much -- A taxonomy of haters -- White people love conferences -- My boyfriend is black and a mini-bout of racism -- Do immigrants spit out more patriotic babies?
"From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy to combat racism" --
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