Aasif Mandvi on Islamophobia, Acting, and the Long Shadow of Jon Stewart
…insights on the fine line between free speech and hate speech. I read your book, No Land’s Man, [Note: You should too. It’s wonderful.], and I’ve watched Halal in the Family. What’s sparked your interest in combating Islamophobia? We did a piece on the Daily Show five years ago, sort of spawned by Katie Couric’s saying American Muslims need their own Cosby Show, and we took that literally. We created this sketch, put it on the show, it was very fu…
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