Being Muslim American already carries a decent amount of baggage. In our culture, when people think “Muslim,” the picture in their heads is not usually of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or the kid who left the boy band One Direction. It’s of a scary terrorist character from “Homeland” or some monster from the news. | | Aziz Ansari’s parents, Fatima and Shoukath Ansari (Aziz Ansari) | | | | “Being Muslim American already carries a decent amount of baggage. In our culture, when people think “Muslim,” the picture in their heads is not usually of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or the kid who left the boy band One Direction. It’s of a scary terrorist character from “Homeland” or some monster from the news.” |
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| rantnrave:// I’m a big AZIZ ANSARI fan. From his stand-up to PARKS AND RECREATION and more. His NETFLIX show MASTER OF NONE is very special. It’s quirky and funny with a tremendous heart. Some of the funnier and yet serious moments center around the awkward indignities he deals with being a minority in the entertainment industry. There’s always social commentary in the best comedies. The most intimate moments come from the appreciation and pride (and sometimes hilarious frustration) he has for his parents, Muslim immigrants that came to America and succeeded in building a life for themselves and their son. But in America, especially in this time of turmoil, not even a celebrity like Aziz is safe from hate. He’s published a very moving piece in THE NEW TORK TIMES about how scared he is for his family in the time of TRUMP and the politics of fear. It’s a must read. It’s a sad look at what someone that harms no one, brings joy to people and just wants his family to be happy has to think about and endure for just being a peaceful, non-religious Muslim. It’s a great read for anyone human. It’s a must read for anyone inhuman. And while I wrote this I had to listen to a guy siting next to me in a cafe spew this kind of hate in front of his kids with the excusatory "I have Muslim friends" B.S. I'm shaking from not smacking him... Thinking about BREXIT: Now I remember why we left. When politicians are out of touch with the people, the people are often out of touch with good solutions. How many revolutions have had a plan for the day after? You think there will be a lend-lease when this goes into the crapper? PUTIN crushed it yesterday and the British lose the right to claim that Americans are dumber. All this reminded me of the late, great CHRISTOPHER REEVES' dinner speech in REMAINS OF THE DAY. Not a perfect match but pretty good. Big step backwards?... I'd like to see Jay Z do his "WHAT'S GOING ON?" album. Clever lyrics against social backdrop... As ROME burns DAUMAN dance in CANNES. At least it's to GWEN STEFANI. She rocks... 1975's JAWS ushered in the modern era of HOLLYWOOD blockbusters and summer moviegoing has never been the same. Here are insider stories of some of the biggest box-office hits of them all. Our new MediaREDEF SET: End of the World as We Know It: Blockbuster Film Oral Histories... Taking a victory lap on my "Uncle Of The Week" award. My niece Lily and her new friend ALLIE made LILLY SINGH's vlog... Happy Birthday to DESIREE GRUBER, FERNANDA NIVEN, ERIKA MARSH RAY DOLBER and RODERICK ALEMANIA. | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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| "DON'T go anywhere near a mosque," I told my mother. "Do all your prayer at home. O.K.?" "We're not going," she replied. I am the son of Muslim immigrants. As I sent that text, in the aftermath of the horrible attack in Orlando, Fla., I realized how awful it was to tell an American citizen to be careful about how she worshiped. | |
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Illustration by Gianmarco Magnani for Fortune Magazine My brain knows that this demonstration has been carefully staged and will work exactly as planned, but the rest of my body tenses up as I step on the gas of a Ford Fusion sedan and accelerate directly toward the "parked car" in front of me. | |
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Have you ever had a riot?" I ask a recruiter from a prison run by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). "The last riot we had was two years ago," he says over the phone. "Yeah, but that was with the Puerto Ricans!" says a woman's voice, cutting in. | |
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The legendary director on "The BFG," eye contact between actors, the trauma of his childhood, and the reason he gave Drew Barrymore a kitten. | |
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Uber data suggests that drivers overall in three major U.S. markets — Denver, Detroit, and Houston — earned less than $13.25 an hour after expenses in late 2015, according to calculations based on more than a million trips. | |
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"We're ready to tell stories, but how do you do that in VR?" asks Oscar-winning art director Robert Stromberg. | |
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'Reasonable Doubt' turned rap into a corporate ladder - and then Jay Z climbed to the top June 25 marks the 20th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt, Jay Z's first album. To commemorate, we're celebrating with Jay Z Day. What would you consider the ultimate good? | |
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In March 2010, years before Ferguson, Missouri, became known for sparking the Black Lives Matter movement, the city’s Finance Director contacted the Chief of Police with a solution to the city’s budget problems. | |
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Brexit has officially happened, and the implications of the vote to leave the European Union has raised many questions for the global technology industry. In Britain itself, a majority of tech firms were against leaving the EU. | |
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Calling him a troll trivializes his repulsive comments. | |
| At this year's Vidcon, the YouTube fanfest in Anaheim, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki changed her tone. Last year - YouTube's posture was powerful and unwavering. But this year, Wojcicki's third at Vidcon, there was a noticeable shift. Wojcicki's focus was on the community, more compassionate and connected - reaching out to solve problems and strengthen YouTube's bond with its creator community. | |
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How the broadcaster cozied up to Muhammad Ali, LeBron James, and nearly every sports giant (and a few movie stars) in between. | |
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Vox Media - home to digital media brands like SB Nation, The Verge and Eater - has its roots in an era when the website was the disruptive force in publishing. Advertisement It's a different time now compared to when SportsBlogs came into existence in 2005. | |
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We could smell the night’s salt air coming off the water as we drove along Ocean Parkway towards the beach and towards the light. For thirty minutes the glow had been visible, emanating from the ground up, acting like a magical magnetic ray pulling our LaSalle convertible through the darkness of Brooklyn towards the ocean. | |
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Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney explains how to approach uncooperative subjects and why you should embrace narrative liberties. | |
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I've spent part of the summer re-watching the first season of " Mr. Robot," an activity I highly recommend. Audacious and inspiring in the first go-round, the second time through, it's a richer and more affecting experience. | |
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A struggling economy, government corruption and the Zika virus have generated unwanted publicity before the Games. | |
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AI software depends on data sets, and data sets have to be created by computer scientists. What happens when most of those researchers are men? | |
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The creators of a new software technology claim it can expunge extremist content from social media. But will a wary Silicon Valley warm to it? | |
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This is the story of a place at the edge of the world, where a black bear ventured into a Russian hamlet and attacked a human. One bear became two, two became dozens, and before long no one would leave their home, and no one had any idea what to do. | |
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Listen to Episode No. 111 of Slate Money: On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org, and Leo Carey of the New Yorker gather to grieve. Topics discussed on today's show include: Why the "Leave" vote succeeded. How U.K. politics got us here. | |
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