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I went to an Arab-American comedy night and there was a Muslim guy making a joke about being in high school football.

"I was hit so hard, I saw Jesus. Do you know how hard you have to be hit to see somebody else’s god?"

All. Kinds. Of. Highlarious.

#the struggle is real 

I really don’t get why some POC get mad about this. I’m proud of where I come from and if strangers introduce themselves to me and ask me where I’m from, I tell proudly them about my motherland. I like to talk about where I come from. I then ask them, where are THEY from?

I understand exactly where you’re coming from, but I think that for many of us who get upset, we tend to be American-born and American-raised, so when people as us where we are from, they are simultaneously expecting us to not be from here (because only white people are American-born-and-bred) and telling us that we are clearly not from here.

That’s just my ttwo cents on why some PoC get upset about this question.

Also, thank you for saying this, because for me, when I get upset, I often forget that there not all of my peers are American-born!

It doesn’t upset me but it does bother me.

I didn’t even understand the question at first - I didn’t start getting it until I moved down South and I thought maybe I had a northern accent so whenever the question was raised, I would answer with, “I’m from Boston.”

Stranger: “…No, I meant - where were you born?” Me: “…Boston. Massachusetts.” Stranger: “But your parents weren’t born here. Where are THEY from?” And at that point I just want to reply with, “What the fuck is it to you? Why do you even care?”

With former white co-workers, after I answered them, I’d grill them just to see how they liked it. “So how about you? Where are YOU really from? What about your parents? Grandparents? Come on. Oh, you have German ancestry. That’s neat. Do you speak German? No? Have you ever been to Germany? Do you want to go? So you’re just “American” and you’re not in touch with your roots at all? Well that really sucks…”

Found out Louis C.K defended Tosh

I am dissapoint

I feel like the only one not suprised

Hrm. Well, that was semi-expected. No worries, we still have Elissa Bassist and Curtis Luciani.

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