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\n\nGo Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali
\nA rollercoaster ride of a memoir\, by turns hilar ious and heartbreaking\, by the journalist\, playwright\, and political ac tivist Wajahat Ali. "Go back to where you came from\, you \;terrorist! " This is just one of the many warm\, lovely\, and helpful tips that Wajah at Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. \;Go back where \;exactly? His hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area\,&nb sp\;where \;he can't afford rent? Awkward\, left-handed\, suffering&nb sp\;from \;OCD\, and wearing Husky pants\, Ali grew up on the margins of the American mainstream\, devoid of Brown superheroes\, \;where&nbs p\;people like him were portrayed as goofy sidekicks\, shop owners with fu nny accents\, sweaty terrorists\, or aspiring sweaty terrorists. Driven by his desire \;to \;expand the American narrative \;to \;in clude protagonists who look like him\, he became a writer\, and in the aft ermath of the 9/11 terror attacks\, an accidental activist and ambassador of all things Muslim-y. He uses his pen with turmeric-stained fingernails& nbsp\;to \;fill in missing narratives\, challenge the powerful\, and b ooby trap racist stereotypes. In his bold\, hopeful and hilarious memoir\, Ali offers indispensable lessons and strategies \;to \;help culti vate a more compassionate America.
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