EAN: 9780393867978

GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM - WAJAHAT ALI GE...

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? Fremont  California  where he
grew up  but is now an unaffordable place to live? Or Pakistan  the country his parents left
behind a half-century ago? Growing up living the suburban American dream  young Wajahat
devoured comic books (devoid of brown superheroes) and fielded well-intentioned advice from
uncles and aunties. (Become a doctor!) He had turmeric stains under his fingernails  was
accident-prone  suffered from OCD  and wore Husky pants  but he was as American as his
neighbors  with roots all over the world. Then  while Ali was studying at University of
California  Berkeley  9 11 happened. Muslims replaced communists as America's enemy #1  and he
became an accidental spokesman and ambassador of all ordinary  unthreatening things Muslim-y.
Now a middle-aged dad  Ali has become one of the foremost and funniest public intellectuals in
America. In Go Back to Where You Came From  he tackles the dangers of Islamophobia  white
supremacy  and chocolate hummus  peppering personal stories with astute insights into national
security  immigration  and pop culture. In this refreshingly bold  hopeful  and uproarious
memoir  Ali offers indispensable lessons for cultivating a more compassionate  inclusive  and
delicious America.

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