ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Negin Farsad - Comedian, filmmaker
Stand-up comedian Negin Farsad counters Islamophobia in funny and clever ways.

Why you should listen

Negin Farsad was named one of the Funniest Women of 2015 by Huffington Post, one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper magazine and was selected as a TED Fellow for her work in social justice comedy.

Farsad is the author of the recently released How to Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto (published by Grand Central, a division of Hachette). She is also the director/writer/star of the rom-com "3RD Street Blackout," starring Janeane Garofalo, Ed Weeks and John Hodgman, set for a summer 2016 release. She has written for/appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, PBS, IFC, Nickelodeon and others. She is director/producer of the feature films The Muslims Are Coming! starring Jon Stewart, David Cross and Lewis Black, and Nerdcore Rising, starring Weird Al Yankovic. She has sued New York State’s MTA over the right to put up funny posters about Muslims and won! She started her comedy career as a Cornell and Columbia-educated policy advisor for the City of New York. 

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Negin Farsad: A highly scientific taxonomy of haters

Negin Farsad: 非常科学的怀恨者分类法

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TED发烧友Negin Farsad将喜剧和社会变革编制在一起,聪明的削弱人们对穆斯林文化的成见。在这场令人捧腹大笑的演讲当中,Farsad谈论了她的纪录片《穆斯林来了!》,描述了她与美国纽约MTA的斗争经历,详尽分析了她工作中遇到的各类怀恨者。她说:“喜剧是我们拥有的最有力的武器之一。我们尝试过各种方式追求社会正义,像是战争或是竞技冰上舞蹈-但是很多事情仍很糟糕。我认为,是时候让我们尝试讲述那些极佳的烂笑话了。“
- Comedian, filmmaker
Stand-up comedian Negin Farsad counters Islamophobia in funny and clever ways. Full bio

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I'm an Iranian-American伊朗裔美国人 Muslim穆斯林 female,
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我是一名伊朗裔美籍穆斯林女性,
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like all of you.
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和大家都一样。
00:19
And I'm also a social社会 justice正义 comedian喜剧演员,
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我是一位喜剧演员,
表演内容关于社会正义的,
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something that I insist咬定 is an actual实际 job工作.
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我一直坚信这是份正经工作。
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To explain说明 what that is,
let me tell you how I got here.
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让我先讲讲我的经历,
再说我的工作内容
00:26
I've performed执行 all over the country国家.
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我在美国各地都表演过
00:28
And let me tell you,
America美国 is majestic雄伟, right?
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要我说美国真是个伟大的国家,对吧?
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It's got breathtaking惊险 nature性质,
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拥有令人叹为观止的风景,
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waffle胡扯 houses房屋
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好多的华夫饼店,
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and diabetes糖尿病 as far as the eye can see.
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随处可见的糖尿病患者。
00:35
It is really something.
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这真了不起。
00:37
Now, the American美国 population人口
can be broken破碎 up
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现在,美国人口
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into three main主要 categories类别:
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大致可以分成三类:
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there's mostly大多 wonderful精彩 people,
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生活美满的大多数人,
00:43
haters仇敌
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心怀恨意的一部分人,
00:44
and Florida佛罗里达.
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还有弗罗里达人。
00:45
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
00:47
Besides除了 Florida佛罗里达, the most troubling令人不安
category类别 here are the Haters仇敌.
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除去佛罗里达,最麻烦的
就是那些心怀恨意的人。
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They are a minority少数民族,
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他们是少数族群,
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but they overcompensate过度补偿
by being存在 extra额外 loud.
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但是“矫枉过正”使他们
变得过度引人注目
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They have the Napoleon拿破仑 complex复杂
of demographics人口统计学,
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他们就是 “矮个子症候群”
(拿破仑情结)
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and yes, some of the men男人 do wear穿 heels脚跟.
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是的,那些男人中
的确有些会穿内增高。
00:59
As a social社会 justice正义 comedian喜剧演员,
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作为一个专注于社会正义的喜剧演员,
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it's my goal目标 to convert兑换 these haters仇敌,
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我的目标是改变这些心怀恨意的人,
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because they hate讨厌 a lot of things,
which哪一个 leads引线 to negative outcomes结果,
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因为他们憎恨的事太多,
由此造成一些不良后果,
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like racism种族主义, violence暴力 and Ted摊晒 Nugent纽金特.
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像是种族歧视,暴力和Ted Nugent
(重金属摇滚明星)
01:11
This is not an exhaustive详细 list名单;
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这里没有列全。
01:13
I'm probably大概 missing失踪 3-7 items项目.
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我也许落下了3到7个
01:15
But the point is,
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但我要说的是
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we have to reckon估计 with the haters仇敌.
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这些怀恨者不可小觑
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But there's variance方差 within this group
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但是怀恨者中也分好几类
01:19
and it's not efficient高效 to go
after all of them, right?
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调查他们所有人也太没效率了,对吧?
01:22
So what I've doneDONE is created创建
a highly高度 scientific科学 Taxonomy分类 of Haters仇敌.
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于是,我创造了一个
非常科学的怀恨者分类法
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I basically基本上 took all of the haters仇敌,
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基本上就是,我把所有的怀恨者
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I put them in a petri培养皿 dish,
like a scientist科学家,
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放在一个培养皿里,像科学家一样,
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and this is what I found发现.
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然后这就是我的发现。
01:32
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
01:33
First off, we have the trolls巨魔.
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第一类是洞穴巨人。
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These are your garden-variety花园式的各种
digital数字 haters仇敌.
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这一类非常普遍,
就是讨厌数字化的一群人。
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They're the people who quit放弃 their jobs工作
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他们就是那种辞掉工作,
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so they can post岗位 on YouTubeYouTube的
videos视频 all day long.
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然后整天在Youtube上发视频的人。
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There's also the drive-by驾车通过 haters仇敌.
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还有一类是路怒症患者。
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Now, these people will be at a stoplight红绿灯,
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这些人看到红灯停下
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they'll他们会 wait for the light to turn green绿色
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等着绿灯
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and when it does, they yell叫喊,
"Go back to your own拥有 country国家!"
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绿灯一亮,他们就大叫
“ 哪来的滚回哪去!”
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Now back in the day, they would've会一直
actually其实 gotten得到 out of their cars汽车
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想想当时,
他们完全可以下车,
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and hated you to your face面对.
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当着你的面大骂一场。
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But they just don't make them
like they used to --
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但他们只不过是把
自己真实的一面藏起来—
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which哪一个 is another另一个 sign标志
of the decline下降 in America美国.
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这也是美国正在衰落的
另一个迹象。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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The next下一个 category类别
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下一类怀恨者
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is the mission-oriented-bigot-以使命为导向,bigot-
whose-group-affiliation其组的附属-
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是偏执狂、总是要去完成某种任务、
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gives-them-cover-for-hating给了他们,盖换恨 hater怀恨在心者.
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有个组织罩着他们。
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These guys like to hate讨厌
via通过 a seemingly似乎 nice不错 organization组织,
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这些人一般都有个表面
看起来很无害的组织
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like a church教会 or a nonprofit非营利性,
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像是教堂或是非盈利组织,
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and they oftentimes通常情况下 like to speak说话
in an old-timey带点儿怀旧 voice语音.
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他们时不时就用老气横秋的声调说话。
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But the group I'm most
interested有兴趣 in is the swing摇摆 hater怀恨在心者.
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但我最感兴趣的一类是
纠结的怀恨者
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The swing摇摆 hater怀恨在心者 is sister妹妹
to the swing摇摆 voter选民 --
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纠结的怀恨者和
纠结的投票者是亲姐妹—
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they just can't decide决定!
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他们就是没法赶紧做决定!
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They're like ideological思想 sluts荡妇
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他们就像是思想中的绿茶婊
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who move移动 from hating to not hating.
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一会儿恨,一会不恨。
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And they do it because they don't have
enough足够 information信息.
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他们这样做是因为
没有足够多的信息
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This is the group I like to target目标
with social社会 justice正义 comedy喜剧.
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这一类人便是我用
社会正义喜剧攻击的目标。
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Why comedy喜剧?
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为什么是喜剧?
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Because on a scale规模 of comedy喜剧 to brochure小册,
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因为要将喜剧和宣传手册放在一起的话,
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the average平均 American美国 prefers喜欢 comedy喜剧,
as you can see from this graph图形.
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一般美国人都更乐意看喜剧。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Comedy喜剧 is very popular流行.
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喜剧非常受欢迎。
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And by the way,
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顺便提一下,
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this is a mathematically数学 accurate准确 graph图形,
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这是一个非常准确的图表,
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generated产生 from fake numbers数字.
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虽然里面的数字都是假的。
02:52
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Now, the question is:
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现在,问题就是:
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Why does social社会 justice正义 comedy喜剧 work?
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为什么社会正义喜剧特别管用?
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Because, first off, it makes品牌 you laugh.
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因为,首先,它让你哈哈大笑。
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And when you're laughing,
you enter输入 into a state of openness透明度.
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当你哈哈大笑的时候,
你就完全放开了,
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And in that moment时刻 of openness透明度,
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于是在那一刻,
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a good social社会 justice正义 comedian喜剧演员
can stick in a whole整个 bunch of information信息,
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一位优秀的社会正义喜剧演员
就可以趁机插入一堆信息,
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and if they're really skilled技能的,
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如果他们技巧娴熟,
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a rectal直肠的 exam考试.
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那就像是直肠检查一样。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
03:14
Here are some ground地面 rules规则
for social社会 justice正义 comedy喜剧:
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这是一些社会正义喜剧的基本原则:
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first off, it's not partisan党派.
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首先,没有偏见,
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This isn't political政治 comedy喜剧,
this is about justice正义,
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这可不是政治喜剧,这关乎正义。
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and no one is against反对 justice正义.
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大家都想要正义。
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Two, it's inviting诱人的 and warm,
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第二,它非常有吸引力并且十分温暖。
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it makes品牌 you feel like you're sitting坐在
inside of a burrito卷饼.
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就感觉像是裹在卷饼里一样。
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Three, it's funny滑稽 but sneaky偷偷摸摸,
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第三,它很有趣,但是得偷偷摸摸的。
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like you could be hearing听力
an interesting有趣 treatise论文
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比如你正津津有味得听一个
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on income收入 inequality不等式,
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关于收入不均的论述,
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that's encased封闭式 in a really
sophisticated复杂的 poop船尾 joke玩笑.
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但是结果却是个烂笑话。
03:38
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Here's这里的 how I see
social社会 justice正义 comedy喜剧 working加工.
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下面是我眼中的社会正义喜剧。
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A few少数 years年份 ago, I rounded up a bunch
of Muslim-American美国穆斯林 comedians喜剧演员 --
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几年前,我召集了几个
美籍穆斯林喜剧演员-
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in a non-violent非暴力 way --
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用一种非暴力的手段-
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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And we went around the country国家
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我们在美国转了一圈
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to places地方 like Alabama阿拉巴马, Arizona亚利桑那,
Tennessee田纳西, Georgia格鲁吉亚 --
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去了阿拉巴马,亚利桑那,
田纳西,乔治亚 —
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places地方 where they love the MuzziesMuzzies --
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一些他们爱的死去活来的地方 —
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and we did stand-up站起来 shows节目.
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我们表演单人脱口秀。
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We called the tour游览
"The Muslims穆斯林 Are Coming未来!"
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我们把这次旅行叫做
”穆斯林来了!”
04:00
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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We turned转身 this into a movie电影,
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我们把这次旅行拍成了电影,
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and then after the movie电影 came来了 out,
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电影放映后,
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a known已知 hate讨厌 group spent花费 300,000 dollars美元
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一个有名的怀恨者团体花了30万美元,
04:10
on an anti-Muslim反穆斯林 poster海报 campaign运动
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用于反穆斯林宣传海报。
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with the MTAMTA -- that's
the New York纽约 City subway地铁 system系统.
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还和MTA合作——就是纽约市地铁系统。
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Now, the posters海报 were truly offensive进攻,
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当时那些海报可真是冒犯了不少人,
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not to mentioned提到 poorly不好 designed设计 --
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更别提它糟糕的设计了-
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I mean, if you're going to be bigoted拘泥,
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我是说,如果你想表现得有偏见,
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you might威力 as well use a better font字形.
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你也得挑个好看点的字体吧!
04:23
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
04:24
But we decided决定, why not launch发射
our own拥有 poster海报 campaign运动
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然后我们就想,要不我们也
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that says nice不错 things about Muslims穆斯林,
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发起一项把夸赞穆斯林的海报宣传,
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while promoting促进 the movie电影.
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趁着宣传我们的电影的时候。
04:31
So myself and fellow同伴 comedian喜剧演员
Dean院长 ObeidallahObeidallah
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于是我和我的小伙伴Dean Obeidallah
04:33
decided决定 to launch发射 the fighting-bigotry-战斗,bigotry-
with-delightful-posters与-愉快,海报 campaign运动.
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决定发起一个 “非常欢快得
打击偏执狂” 宣传海报。
04:36
We raised上调 the money, worked工作
with the MTAMTA for over 5 months个月,
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我们筹到了钱,
和MTA一起商讨了五个月,
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got the posters海报 approved批准,
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然后海报就通过了。
04:41
and two days after they
were supposed应该 to go up,
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本来要把海报张
贴出来的,但是两天后,
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the MTAMTA decided决定 to ban禁止 the posters海报,
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MTA又决定不贴了,
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citing引用 political政治 content内容.
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涉及政治内容。
04:49
Let's take a look
at a couple一对 of those posters海报.
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来看看我们这些海报
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Here's这里的 one.
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看这个。
04:53
Facts事实 about Muslims穆斯林:
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关于穆斯林的事实:
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Muslims穆斯林 invented发明
the concept概念 of a hospital醫院.
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是穆斯林人创造了医院的概念。
04:56
OK.
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好的。
04:58
Fact事实: Grown-up长大 Muslims穆斯林 can do
more push-ups俯卧撑 than baby宝宝 Muslims穆斯林.
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事实:穆斯林成年人与穆斯林宝宝
相比能做更多仰卧起坐。
05:02
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
05:03
Fact事实: Muslims穆斯林 invented发明 Justin贾斯汀 Timberlake汀布莱克.
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事实:穆斯林创造了了
Justin Timberlake(著名歌手+演员)
05:06
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
05:07
Let's take a look at another另一个 one.
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还有另一张
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The ugly丑陋 truth真相 about Muslims穆斯林:
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穆斯林的丑恶一面:
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they have great frittata菜肉馅煎蛋饼 recipes食谱.
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他们有极佳的煎蛋饼食谱。
05:13
Now clearly明确地, frittatasfrittatas are considered考虑
political政治 by the MTAMTA.
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很显然,煎蛋饼被MTA认作为了政治因素。
05:18
Either that, or the mere mention提到
of Muslims穆斯林 in a positive light
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要不是蛋饼,要不就是
仅仅提到了穆斯林的好处,
05:21
was considered考虑 political政治 -- but it isn't.
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就被扣上了政治的帽子-但不是这样的。
05:23
It's about justice正义.
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这是关于正义的。
05:24
So we decided决定 to change更改
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所以我们决定改变
05:26
our fighting-bigortry-战斗,bigortry-
with-delightful-posters与-愉快,海报 campaign运动
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我们的“非常欢快得
打击偏执狂-海报法”运动,
05:28
and turn it into the fighting-bigotry-战斗,bigotry-
with-a-delightful-lawsuit与-A-愉快,诉讼 campaign运动.
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把它变为“非常欢快得
打击偏执狂-诉讼法”运动。
05:32
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
05:33
So basically基本上, what I'm saying
is a couple一对 of dirt-bag污物袋 comedians喜剧演员
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所以,基本上,我想说的就是
几个在行业内混不下去的喜剧演员
05:36
took on a major重大的 New York纽约 City agency机构
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与纽约城中的一个主要机构进行较量,
05:39
and the comedians喜剧演员 won韩元.
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然后喜剧演员们获得了胜利。
05:40
(Applause掌声 and cheers干杯)
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(掌声和欢呼)
05:43
Thank you.
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谢谢。
05:44
Victory胜利 was a very weird奇怪的 feeling感觉.
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胜利感是一种古怪的情感。
05:46
I was like, "Is this what
blonde金发 girls女孩 feel like all the time?
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然后我就想,“这是不是就是
金发美女们一直以来的内心感觉?
05:49
'Cause原因 this is amazing惊人!"
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因为实在是太神奇了!”
05:50
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
05:53
Here's这里的 another另一个 example.
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我再举一个例子。
05:55
I'm asked everywhere到处 I go:
"Why don't Muslims穆斯林 denounce声讨 terrorism恐怖主义?"
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无论我走到哪儿,都会被问:
“为什么穆斯林不谴责恐怖主义?”
05:59
We do. But OK, I'll take the bait.
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我们是谴责的。但是,
既然如此,我决定将错就错。
06:01
So I decided决定 to launch发射
thedailydenouncerthedailydenouncer.comCOM.
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所以我就决定发起一个网站
thedailydenouncer.com(每日谴责人)
06:04
It's a website网站 that denounces谴责
terrorism恐怖主义 every一切 day of the week,
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这个网站在每周的每个工作日
里都会谴责恐怖主义,
06:07
while taking服用 the weekends周末 off.
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当然周末是休息的。
06:08
Let's take a look at an example.
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让我们看一个例子。
06:11
They generally通常 appear出现
as single-panel单面板 cartoons卡通,
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他们通常会以单片式动画形式呈现,
06:13
"I denounce声讨 terrorism恐怖主义! I also denounce声讨
people who never fill the paper tray托盘!"
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“我要谴责恐怖主义!同时我也谴责
那些从来不把纸盘子装满的人!”
06:17
The point of the website网站
is that it denounces谴责 terrorism恐怖主义
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这个网站的目的性,就是
让我们在反复谴责
恐怖主义的过程中
06:20
while recognizing认识 that it's ridiculous荒谬
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06:22
that we have to constantly经常
denounce声讨 terrorism恐怖主义.
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意识到这是一件多么荒谬的事情。
06:25
But if bigotry偏执 isn't your thing,
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但如果你的问题不在于偏执,
06:27
social社会 justice正义 comedy喜剧 is useful有用
for all sorts排序 of issues问题.
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社会正义喜剧对各种问题都是有益的。
06:31
For example, myself and fellow同伴
comedian喜剧演员 Lee背风处 Camp
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举个例子,我和我的喜剧同事Lee Camp
06:34
went to the Cayman鳄鱼 Islands岛屿
to investigate调查 offshore海上 banking银行业.
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一起前往开曼群岛(拉丁美洲)
去调查那儿的离岸金融。
06:37
Now, the United联合的 States状态 loses失去
something like 300 billion十亿 dollars美元 a year
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目前,美国每年将在那些离岸避税天堂
06:42
in these offshore海上 tax havens避风港.
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损失近300亿美元。
06:44
Not to brag吹牛,
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一点儿都不夸张的讲,
06:45
but at the end结束 of every一切 month,
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但是在每个月的月底,
06:47
I have something like 5-15 dollars美元
in disposable一次性 income收入.
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我就会获得大概5-15美元的可支配收入。
06:49
So we walked into these banks银行
in the Cayman鳄鱼 Islands岛屿
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所以我们就进入那些
在开曼群岛上的银行
06:52
and asked if we could
open打开 up a bank银行 account帐户
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询问我们是否能凭借8美元27分
06:54
with eight dollars美元 and 27 cents.
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开设一个银行账户。
06:56
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
06:58
The bank银行 managers经理 would indulge放纵 us
for 30-45 seconds before calling调用 security安全.
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银行经理大概会忍我们30-45秒,
然后就要喊安保人员了。
07:03
Security安全 would come out,
brandish挥舞 their weapons武器,
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安保人员冲进来,
挥舞他们的武器,
07:06
and then we would squeal尖叫
with fear恐惧 and run away,
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然后我们就会因为
恐惧而惊声尖叫,逃离,
07:09
because -- and this is the last
rule规则 of social社会 justice正义 comedy喜剧 --
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因为-这是社会正义喜剧
的最后一条原则-
07:12
sometimes有时 it makes品牌 you want
to take a dump倾倒 in your pants裤子.
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又是把你吓得失禁。
07:15
Most of my work is meant意味着 to be fun开玩笑.
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我们的大部分工作是搞笑的。
07:18
It's meant意味着 to generate生成
a connection连接 and laughter笑声.
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我们需要制造一种联系和笑声。
07:21
But yes, sometimes有时 I get
run off the grounds理由 by security安全.
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但是,确实,有时我也会
被保安人员扑倒在地。
07:24
Sometimes有时 I get mean tweets微博 and hate讨厌 mail邮件.
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有时我收到刻薄的推文,恐吓信件。
07:27
Sometimes有时 I get voice语音 mails邮件 saying
that if I continue继续 telling告诉 my jokes笑话,
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有时我会收到语音信件,
说如果我继续讲笑话,
07:32
they'll他们会 kill me
and they'll他们会 kill my family家庭.
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他们就要杀了我
他们还要干掉我的家人。
07:35
And those death死亡 threats威胁
are definitely无疑 not funny滑稽.
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那些死亡要挟一点儿都不好笑。
07:39
But despite尽管 the occasional偶然 danger危险,
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但是除了这些偶尔的危险,
07:41
I still think that social社会 justice正义 comedy喜剧
is one of our best最好 weapons武器.
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我仍然坚信社会正义喜剧
是我们最有力的武器之一。
07:45
I mean, we've我们已经 tried试着
a lot of approaches方法 to social社会 justice正义,
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我的意思是,我们尝试过
各种方式追求社会正义,
07:48
like war战争 and competitive竞争的 ice dancing跳舞.
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像是战争或是竞技冰上舞蹈。
07:50
But still, a lot of things
are still kind of awful可怕.
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但是,还有很多事情十分糟糕。
07:55
So I think it's time we try and tell
a really good poop船尾 joke玩笑.
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所以我认为,是时候让我们
尝试讲述那些极佳的烂笑话了。
07:59
Thank you.
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谢谢。
08:00
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by Junyi Sha
Reviewed by Tingting Zhong

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Negin Farsad - Comedian, filmmaker
Stand-up comedian Negin Farsad counters Islamophobia in funny and clever ways.

Why you should listen

Negin Farsad was named one of the Funniest Women of 2015 by Huffington Post, one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper magazine and was selected as a TED Fellow for her work in social justice comedy.

Farsad is the author of the recently released How to Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto (published by Grand Central, a division of Hachette). She is also the director/writer/star of the rom-com "3RD Street Blackout," starring Janeane Garofalo, Ed Weeks and John Hodgman, set for a summer 2016 release. She has written for/appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, PBS, IFC, Nickelodeon and others. She is director/producer of the feature films The Muslims Are Coming! starring Jon Stewart, David Cross and Lewis Black, and Nerdcore Rising, starring Weird Al Yankovic. She has sued New York State’s MTA over the right to put up funny posters about Muslims and won! She started her comedy career as a Cornell and Columbia-educated policy advisor for the City of New York. 

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