I just wanted to wake up and be like, "Oh, it was all a dream. I'm JGL.It was all a...
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I just wanted to wake up and be like, "Oh, it was all a dream. I'm JGL.
It was all a dream." But it's not a dream,
it's the universe telling you, "It's a Fair and Lovely world.
Navigate accordingly." In the third grade, Miss Anderson said,
"Write what you want to be." Some kids were like,
"an astronaut," or "a firefighter." I was like, "I want to be white." "What do you mean?" "I want this part of my skin
to be all of my skin." And it wasn't like, "I hate melanin." I love melanin
It was all a dream." But it's not a dream,
it's the universe telling you, "It's a Fair and Lovely world.
Navigate accordingly." In the third grade, Miss Anderson said,
"Write what you want to be." Some kids were like,
"an astronaut," or "a firefighter." I was like, "I want to be white." "What do you mean?" "I want this part of my skin
to be all of my skin." And it wasn't like, "I hate melanin." I love melanin
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I just wanted to wake up and be like,
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"Oh, it was all a dream. I'm JGL.
It was all a dream."
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But it's not a dream,
it's the universe telling you,
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"It's a Fair and Lovely world.
Navigate accordingly."
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In the third grade, Miss Anderson said,
"Write what you want to be."
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Some kids were like,
"an astronaut," or "a firefighter."
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I was like, "I want to be white."
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"What do you mean?"
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"I want this part of my skin
to be all of my skin."
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And it wasn't like, "I hate melanin."
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I love melanin.
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Movie Summary
In his first stand-up special, Hasan Minhaj weaves humorous and heartbreaking anecdotes to tell his life story as an Indian-American Muslim. Topics include racism, bullying and meeting the demanding expectations of his immigrant p...
