Negin Farsad Knows How to Make White People Laugh

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 31, 2016

Negin Farsad, American comedian, actor, filmmaker, and now author of How to Make White People Laugh (Grand Central Publishing, 2016), combats anti-Muslim prejudice through humor.

She also gave an update on her lawsuit against the MTA for barring an ad campaign for her movie "The Muslims Are Coming!" A year and a half later she won, and you might still see her posters around the subways.

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