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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Ali, Wajahat.     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-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ali, Wajahat.       by title:      Go back to where you...       by call number:      305.8914 A398g     Search the Web     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-       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 305.8914 A398g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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