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Ali, Wajahat.
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Ali, Wajahat.
Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Pakistani Americans -- Biography.
Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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Ali, Wajahat.
Ali, Wajahat.
Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Pakistani Americans -- Biography.
Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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Go back to where you came from : and other helpful recommendations on how to become American /
Wajahat
Ali
.
by
Ali
,
Wajahat
.
W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
Call #:
305.8914 A398g
Subjects
Ali
,
Wajahat
.
Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Pakistani Americans -- Biography.
Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
ISBN:
9780393867978 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
258 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-258).
Summary:
"A rollercoaster ride of a memoir, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, by the journalist, playwright, and political activist
Wajahat
Ali
. 'Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!' This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that
Wajahat
Ali
and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where exactly? His hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he can't afford rent? Awkward, left-handed, suffering from OCD, and wearing Husky pants,
Ali
grew up on the margins of the American mainstream, devoid of Brown superheroes, where people like him were portrayed as goofy sidekicks, shop owners with funny accents, sweaty terrorists, or aspiring sweaty terrorists. Driven by his desire to expand the American narrative to include protagonists who look like him, he became a writer, and in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, an accidental activist and ambassador of all things Muslim-y. He uses his pen with turmeric-stained fingernails to fill in missing narratives, challenge the powerful, and booby trap racist stereotypes. In his bold, hopeful and hilarious memoir,
Ali
offers indispensable lessons and strategies to help cultivate a more compassionate America."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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