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I’m not saying that I’m on some crusade to change people’s minds. I’m just doing what I do. I’m a comedian, I’m trying to be funny… I think when they see a comedy show with an Iranian and an Egyptian and two Palestinians, I think they go, ‘Oh wow, these guys are just like us.’

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You have to laugh at yourself. I do a lot of humor about all ethnicities that are at the show – Latinos, Asians, Indians… What I say is, ‘We’re laughing together. I’m laughing with you, not at you.’ Never say, ‘Oh, I’m better than you.’

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You have to laugh at yourself. I do a lot of humor about all ethnicities that are at the show – Latinos, Asians, Indians… What I say is, ‘We’re laughing together. I’m laughing with you, not at you.’ Never say, ‘Oh, I’m better than you.’

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