Negin Farsad: A highly scientific taxonomy of haters
Negin Farsad: En högst vetenskaplig taxonomi för hatare
Stand-up comedian Negin Farsad counters Islamophobia in funny and clever ways. Full bio
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muslimsk kvinna,
ska jag berätta hur jag hamnade här.
let me tell you how I got here.
majestätiskt, eller hur?
America is majestic, right?
can be broken up
den mest oroväckande kategorin.
category here are the Haters.
genom att vara högljudda.
by being extra loud.
of demographics,
som leder till negativa saker,
which leads to negative outcomes,
att ge sig på allihopa, eller hur?
after all of them, right?
en högst vetenskaplig taxonomi för hatare.
a highly scientific Taxonomy of Haters.
like a scientist,
som en vetenskapsman,
digital haters.
Youtube-videos hela dagarna.
videos all day long.
"Åk hem till ditt eget land!"
"Go back to your own country!"
ha gått ut ur sina bilar
actually gotten out of their cars
like they used to --
på Amerikas förfall.
of the decline in America.
vars-koppling-till-en-grupp-
whose-group-affiliation-
via en till synes trevlig organisation,
via a seemingly nice organization,
in an old-timey voice.
är de obeslutsamma hatarna.
interested in is the swing hater.
med de obeslutsamma röstarna -
to the swing voter --
brist på information.
enough information.
med social rättvisekomedi.
with social justice comedy.
från komedi till broschyr,
vilket man kan se här i grafen.
as you can see from this graph.
en matematiskt korrekt graf,
går man in i ett läge av öppenhet.
you enter into a state of openness.
peta in en himla massa information,
can stick in a whole bunch of information,
för social rättvisekomedi:
for social justice comedy:
den är inte partipolitisk.
this is about justice,
det handlar om rättvisa,
inuti en burrito.
inside of a burrito.
en intressant avhandling
an interesting treatise
i ett väldigt sofistikerat bajsskämt.
sophisticated poop joke.
att social rättvisekomedi funkar.
social justice comedy working.
muslimsk-amerikanska komiker,
of Muslim-American comedians --
Tennessee, Georgia -
Tennessee, Georgia --
"The Muslims Are Coming!"
300 000 dollar
tunnelbanesystem.
the New York City subway system.
välja ett bättre typsnitt?
en egen affischkampanj
our own poster campaign
Dean Obeidallah
Dean Obeidallah
med-förtjusande-affischer-kampanjen.
with-delightful-posters campaign.
jobbade med MTA i 5 månader,
with the MTA for over 5 months,
att de skulle ha satts upp,
were supposed to go up,
at a couple of those posters.
the concept of a hospital.
fler armhävningar än bebis-muslimer.
more push-ups than baby Muslims.
Justin Timberlake.
som politiskt av MTA.
political by the MTA.
nämnandet av muslimer på ett positivt sätt
of Muslims in a positive light
med-förtjusande-affischer-kampanj
with-delightful-posters campaign
med-en-förtjusande-stämning-kampanj.
with-a-delightful-lawsuit campaign.
att ett par oborstade komiker
is a couple of dirt-bag comedians
blondiner känner sig hela tiden?"
blonde girls feel like all the time?
"Varför fördömer inte muslimer terrorism?"
"Why don't Muslims denounce terrorism?"
thedailydenouncer.com.
alla dagar i veckan,
terrorism every day of the week,
as single-panel cartoons,
people who never fill the paper tray!"
som inte fyller på skrivaren!"
is that it denounces terrorism
är att den fördömer terrorism
denounce terrorism.
för alla möjliga grejer.
for all sorts of issues.
och min kollega Lee Camp till Caymanöarna
comedian Lee Camp
to investigate offshore banking.
300 miljarder dollar per år
something like 300 billion dollars a year
i disponibel inkomst.
in disposable income.
på Caymanöarna
in the Cayman Islands
open up a bank account
innan hen kallade på väktarna.
for 30-45 seconds before calling security.
brandish their weapons,
with fear and run away,
i social rättvisekomedi -
rule of social justice comedy --
to take a dump in your pants.
är tänkt att vara roligt.
och väcka skratt.
a connection and laughter.
run off the grounds by security.
som säger att om jag fortsätter skämta,
that if I continue telling my jokes,
and they'll kill my family.
är definitivt inte roliga.
are definitely not funny.
är ett av våra bästa vapen.
is one of our best weapons.
angreppssätt för social rättvisa,
a lot of approaches to social justice,
som är ganska hemskt.
are still kind of awful.
a really good poop joke.
dra ett riktigt bra bajsskämt.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Negin Farsad - Comedian, filmmakerStand-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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