Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American

Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
Author :
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 272
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393867985
ISBN-13 : 0393867986
Rating : 4/5 (986 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by : Wajahat Ali

Download or read book Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American written by Wajahat Ali and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!” This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where, exactly? Fremont, California, where he grew up, but is now an unaffordable place to live? Or Pakistan, the country his parents left behind a half-century ago? Growing up living the suburban American dream, young Wajahat devoured comic books (devoid of brown superheroes) and fielded well-intentioned advice from uncles and aunties. (“Become a doctor!”) He had turmeric stains under his fingernails, was accident-prone, suffered from OCD, and wore Husky pants, but he was as American as his neighbors, with roots all over the world. Then, while Ali was studying at University of California, Berkeley, 9/11 happened. Muslims replaced communists as America’s enemy #1, and he became an accidental spokesman and ambassador of all ordinary, unthreatening things Muslim-y. Now a middle-aged dad, Ali has become one of the foremost and funniest public intellectuals in America. In Go Back to Where You Came From, he tackles the dangers of Islamophobia, white supremacy, and chocolate hummus, peppering personal stories with astute insights into national security, immigration, and pop culture. In this refreshingly bold, hopeful, and uproarious memoir, Ali offers indispensable lessons for cultivating a more compassionate, inclusive, and delicious America.


Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American Related Books

Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Wajahat Ali
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-25 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!” This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigran
Go Back and Get It
Language: en
Pages: 184
Authors: Dionne Ford
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-04 - Publisher: Bold Type Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An unexpected family photograph leads Dionne Ford to uncover the stories of her enslaved female ancestors, reclaim their power, and begin to heal Countless Blac
Go and Come Back
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Joan Abelove
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-07 - Publisher: Turtleback Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Alicia, a young tribeswoman living in a Amazonian village in the Andes, tells about the two American women anthropologists who arrive to study the way of life o
Never Go Back
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Henry Cloud
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-03 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Dr. Henry Cloud, bestselling author of the Boundaries series, offers a life-changing book that provides ten strategies for overcoming self-defeating life patter
Don't Make Me Go Back, Mommy
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Doris Sanford
Categories: Ritual abuse victims
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Multnomah

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Five-year-old Allison is one of a group of children who are abused and subjected to horrible rituals at a perverse day care center, but with therapy and her par