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DESCRIPTION:"How To Make White People Laugh" - Iranian-American-Muslim writer and 
 stand-up comedian NEGIN FARSAD uses comedy to combat racism.  Working 
 bluntly with the elements of race we are often too politically correct to 
 discuss, Negin offers a brilliant and clarifying look at our concepts of 
 "Black" or "White" or "Muslim" - and how comically bad it is when white 
 culture defines everything. She uses wit, humor, and incisive intellect.  
 She'll be hosted by KALW and KPFA broadcast host Malihe Razazan in this 
 KPFA benefit. Tickets available at brownpapertickets.com and many indie 
 bookstores. \nSee kpfa.org/events\n\n--\n\nThursday, June 16, 2016 – 7:30 
 pm\nFirst Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland\nAdvance 
 tickets: $12 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006  or Books Inc 
 (Berkeley), Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a 
 Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s  \nS.F. – Modern Times\n\n“How To Make 
 White People Laugh” is the first book by the writer, director and star of 
 the hit documentary “The Muslims Are Coming!” Her autobiographical 
 essays about  growing up Iranian-American in a post 9/11 world reveal the 
 power of comedy to  combat racism.  In this candid, often hilarious book, 
 Farsad reveals her personal  experience being the “other” in a 
 contemporary American culture that often fears  anything deemed foreign. 
 She confides a youthful longing to be African-American or  Mexican at 
 various points.  \n\nWriting bluntly about the elements of race we are 
 often too politically correct to discuss,  Farsad takes a long and 
 clarifying look at the iconography that still shapes our concepts of  
 “Black” or “White” or “Muslim” – and what  happens when white 
 culture defines everything.  She explores what it means to have a 
 hyphenated identity. She discusses how we can  effectively combat racism, 
 stereotyping, and exclusion. Her particular genius is in openly  
 confronting these issues with wit, humor, and incisive intellect.\n\nBorn 
 in Connecticut, Negin Farsad was raised in Southern California. Aspiring 
 for a career in  politics, she attended Cornell University in New York, 
 majoring in government as well as  theater arts., until she realized that 
 her deeper passion was for writing and performing. On  graduating, she 
 settled in New York City and attended Columbia’s School of International 
 and  Public Affairs, where she earned two master’s degrees. Evenings she 
 spent writing and  performing comedy. In 2011 she was named by the 
 Huffington Post one of “the 50 Funniest Women.”  Her comedic routines 
 often featured frank, sharp-witted views on politics, sex and  the cultural 
 dynamics of navigating her Iranian family. In 2013 she gave a TED Talk in 
 social  justice comedy. Her first musical, The Israeli-Palestinian 
 Conflict: A Romantic Comed,”  premiered at the New York International 
 Fringe Festival. Her solo show “Bootleg Islam “  appeared in the DC, 
 Dallas and Chicago Comedy Festivals.  She produced, directed and  performed 
 on MTV and Comedy Central and was a regular contributor to The Young Turks  
 television show. Her films include: The Muslims Are Coming, Nerdcore 
 Rising, A Cricket in  the Court of Akbar, Hot Bread Kitchen, and Iran-ing 
 on Empty.\n\nMalihe Razazan is the senior producer of KALW’s daily 
 call-in program, Your Call, and the producer and cohost of Voices of the 
 Middle East and North Africa, heard on KPFA  Radio throughout Northern 
 California.\n\nKPFA benefit\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/05/18786079.php
SUMMARY:"How To Make White People Laugh" - An Evening with Negin Farsad
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison, Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/05/18786079.php
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