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In good faith

The result of young Muslim creators taking charge of their stories has been fresh and optimistic, a welcome departure from the lazy demonising or fetishising of the past.

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Ranjita Ganesan
Hating Muslims is timeless. It’s a classic, know what I mean?” comedian Hasan Minhaj said wryly when he recently swapped stories with desi teenagers about growing up brown and Muslim in America. Since his rise in 2017 as a producer-presenter on mainstream television, Minhaj has provoked people, at least momentarily, to reflect on such hate, and has given young people from the minorities a role model. His Patriot Act on Netflix exposes stories of systematic greed and corruption in the world with humour and pathos. Rather than distance himself from his identity in a bid for acceptance, Minhaj displays something
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