[Music] hello people I hope you are all doing
hello people I hope you are all doing
hello people I hope you are all doing well salami and ass each other into
well salami and ass each other into
well salami and ass each other into cuisine stopping for one second just
cuisine stopping for one second just
cuisine stopping for one second just think about what you believe of me that
think about what you believe of me that
think about what you believe of me that was a fake accent I just through there
was a fake accent I just through there
was a fake accent I just through there yeah sometimes stereotypes are what we
yeah sometimes stereotypes are what we
yeah sometimes stereotypes are what we view seems to somewhat seem like it’s
view seems to somewhat seem like it’s
view seems to somewhat seem like it’s almost the truth but it’s never really
almost the truth but it’s never really
almost the truth but it’s never really the truth so sometimes you have to like
the truth so sometimes you have to like
the truth so sometimes you have to like put that aside and try to actually know
put that aside and try to actually know
put that aside and try to actually know who you’re talking to let me illustrate
who you’re talking to let me illustrate
who you’re talking to let me illustrate how throughout my life I made people
how throughout my life I made people
how throughout my life I made people rethink how they viewed me I was born in
rethink how they viewed me I was born in
rethink how they viewed me I was born in Sudan at the age of 2 I moved to Egypt
Sudan at the age of 2 I moved to Egypt
Sudan at the age of 2 I moved to Egypt there I learn how to speak Arabic and
there I learn how to speak Arabic and
there I learn how to speak Arabic and the different dialects that came along
the different dialects that came along
the different dialects that came along with it at the age of 5 I moved here to
with it at the age of 5 I moved here to
with it at the age of 5 I moved here to the United States I thought nothing
the United States I thought nothing
the United States I thought nothing could ever really define me as a person
could ever really define me as a person
could ever really define me as a person that was until I really found out that
that was until I really found out that
that was until I really found out that people did label me yeah they thought
people did label me yeah they thought
people did label me yeah they thought they thought I would be the person or
they thought I would be the person or
they thought I would be the person or well let me hear that’s poured onto my
well let me hear that’s poured onto my
well let me hear that’s poured onto my life I were really amusing clothes so I
life I were really amusing clothes so I
life I were really amusing clothes so I wore dashikis and gel ideas I don’t
wore dashikis and gel ideas I don’t
wore dashikis and gel ideas I don’t think any of you know what those are so
think any of you know what those are so
think any of you know what those are so you can imagine their faces when I first
you can imagine their faces when I first
you can imagine their faces when I first walked in with a dashiki into my
walked in with a dashiki into my
walked in with a dashiki into my kindergartner class and then all the
kindergartner class and then all the
kindergartner class and then all the other kids are just staring at me like
other kids are just staring at me like
other kids are just staring at me like oh my god African royalty and it’s just
oh my god African royalty and it’s just
oh my god African royalty and it’s just like no first of all I’m not I really
like no first of all I’m not I really
like no first of all I’m not I really wish I was but that would be really it’d
wish I was but that would be really it’d
wish I was but that would be really it’d be really amazing you see my brother
be really amazing you see my brother
be really amazing you see my brother actually took advantage of that and it
actually took advantage of that and it
actually took advantage of that and it worked out really well
worked out really well
worked out really well [Laughter]
[Laughter]
[Laughter] sorry okay I went on and I started to
sorry okay I went on and I started to
sorry okay I went on and I started to realize that other people started to
realize that other people started to
realize that other people started to just start asking really hilarious
just start asking really hilarious
just start asking really hilarious questions like does your language have
questions like does your language have
questions like does your language have clicking noises like the movie like the
clicking noises like the movie like the
clicking noises like the movie like the Bushmen in the movies gotten must be
Bushmen in the movies gotten must be
Bushmen in the movies gotten must be crazy
crazy
crazy I’m like no not at all and the funniest
I’m like no not at all and the funniest
I’m like no not at all and the funniest question I’ve ever gotten was do you
question I’ve ever gotten was do you
question I’ve ever gotten was do you live in a hut or have you ever lived in
live in a hut or have you ever lived in
live in a hut or have you ever lived in a hut and I have yet to even see one so
a hut and I have yet to even see one so
a hut and I have yet to even see one so I think that’s really amazing don’t you
I think that’s really amazing don’t you
I think that’s really amazing don’t you guys stereotypes work out really funny
guys stereotypes work out really funny
guys stereotypes work out really funny because I remember the first year of
because I remember the first year of
because I remember the first year of school and kids just thought I was a
school and kids just thought I was a
school and kids just thought I was a regular kid and so like yeah you know my
regular kid and so like yeah you know my
regular kid and so like yeah you know my clothes and then I had to change that
clothes and then I had to change that
clothes and then I had to change that because I found out what winter was and
because I found out what winter was and
because I found out what winter was and it wasn’t really polite to me Tywin at
it wasn’t really polite to me Tywin at
it wasn’t really polite to me Tywin at all like it progressed and I started
all like it progressed and I started
all like it progressed and I started changing I moved to Kansas City Missouri
changing I moved to Kansas City Missouri
changing I moved to Kansas City Missouri and I started kind of figuring out the
and I started kind of figuring out the
and I started kind of figuring out the norms so that was flat build hats baggy
norms so that was flat build hats baggy
norms so that was flat build hats baggy chinos large shirts and then as I
chinos large shirts and then as I
chinos large shirts and then as I thought I was kind of like getting used
thought I was kind of like getting used
thought I was kind of like getting used to things
to things
to things I moved again to Des Moines Iowa the
I moved again to Des Moines Iowa the
I moved again to Des Moines Iowa the kids there thought I was a bug I was
kids there thought I was a bug I was
kids there thought I was a bug I was like what I’m only like six years old I
like what I’m only like six years old I
like what I’m only like six years old I can’t be a bug
can’t be a bug
can’t be a bug so I thought it was really hilarious
so I thought it was really hilarious
so I thought it was really hilarious guys and then to top that off I thought
guys and then to top that off I thought
guys and then to top that off I thought I was really an ordinary American my
I was really an ordinary American my
I was really an ordinary American my English became clear and like I
English became clear and like I
English became clear and like I struggled really hard to make it like to
struggled really hard to make it like to
struggled really hard to make it like to actually get English on to the point
actually get English on to the point
actually get English on to the point because I remember when they asked us
because I remember when they asked us
because I remember when they asked us what we ate at home I mixed up a corn
what we ate at home I mixed up a corn
what we ate at home I mixed up a corn with corn I was like yeah we eat acorns
with corn I was like yeah we eat acorns
with corn I was like yeah we eat acorns and the kids were like you yeah I was
and the kids were like you yeah I was
and the kids were like you yeah I was like yeah we’re not a family of
like yeah we’re not a family of
like yeah we’re not a family of squirrels so don’t worry about
and then time we’ve gone again so I
and then time we’ve gone again so I moved again to to Des Moines Iowa yeah
moved again to to Des Moines Iowa yeah
moved again to to Des Moines Iowa yeah kids thought I was a tag Yatta Yatta
kids thought I was a tag Yatta Yatta
kids thought I was a tag Yatta Yatta Yatta
Yatta
Yatta I picked up the trend of clothes that’s
I picked up the trend of clothes that’s
I picked up the trend of clothes that’s there so it was Hollister American Eagle
there so it was Hollister American Eagle
there so it was Hollister American Eagle it was somewhat of preppy somewhat of a
it was somewhat of preppy somewhat of a
it was somewhat of preppy somewhat of a preppy school and then I moved back here
preppy school and then I moved back here
preppy school and then I moved back here number-two Nebraska right the kids here
number-two Nebraska right the kids here
number-two Nebraska right the kids here really hilarious they’re like dude
really hilarious they’re like dude
really hilarious they’re like dude you’re whitewashed I was like what and
you’re whitewashed I was like what and
you’re whitewashed I was like what and like I had like these two extremes where
like I had like these two extremes where
like I had like these two extremes where I was a thug and then I was whitewashed
I was a thug and then I was whitewashed
I was a thug and then I was whitewashed and I thought those are really amazing
and I thought those are really amazing
and I thought those are really amazing guys because how often are you told hey
guys because how often are you told hey
guys because how often are you told hey man you look like a thug and then five
man you look like a thug and then five
man you look like a thug and then five seconds later you told hey you’re
seconds later you told hey you’re
seconds later you told hey you’re whitewashed why are you that whitewashed
whitewashed why are you that whitewashed
whitewashed why are you that whitewashed I’m like how how can I be labeled
I’m like how how can I be labeled
I’m like how how can I be labeled whitewashed I found out it was the way
whitewashed I found out it was the way
whitewashed I found out it was the way that I started dressing the way I spoke
that I started dressing the way I spoke
that I started dressing the way I spoke and came out to people that’s the way
and came out to people that’s the way
and came out to people that’s the way people labeled me and I think it made me
people labeled me and I think it made me
people labeled me and I think it made me stronger because I was starting to be
stronger because I was starting to be
stronger because I was starting to be proud of who I was because when you
proud of who I was because when you
proud of who I was because when you first come to the United States it’s
first come to the United States it’s
first come to the United States it’s like a melting pot where you’re just
like a melting pot where you’re just
like a melting pot where you’re just trying to catch on to every single
trying to catch on to every single
trying to catch on to every single culture and become an ordinary American
culture and become an ordinary American
culture and become an ordinary American because I mean isn’t that the dream to
because I mean isn’t that the dream to
because I mean isn’t that the dream to be an American but yeah I learned to be
be an American but yeah I learned to be
be an American but yeah I learned to be myself and I thought I was finally okay
myself and I thought I was finally okay
myself and I thought I was finally okay with labeling correct and then I went to
with labeling correct and then I went to
with labeling correct and then I went to this leadership economics program I UCLA
this leadership economics program I UCLA
this leadership economics program I UCLA and the kids there we’re all like lined
and the kids there we’re all like lined
and the kids there we’re all like lined up and then they did roll call they
up and then they did roll call they
up and then they did roll call they called Gow by the name my name is by the
called Gow by the name my name is by the
called Gow by the name my name is by the way my name is go so they’re all looking
way my name is go so they’re all looking
way my name is go so they’re all looking for an Asian kid which I thought was
for an Asian kid which I thought was
for an Asian kid which I thought was really hilarious I raised my hand I was
really hilarious I raised my hand I was
really hilarious I raised my hand I was just like here they seem to be waiting
just like here they seem to be waiting
just like here they seem to be waiting for like they they all seemed to be way
for like they they all seemed to be way
for like they they all seemed to be way for my need to be like Jerome I was like
for my need to be like Jerome I was like
for my need to be like Jerome I was like what and they and like the funniest part
what and they and like the funniest part
what and they and like the funniest part was I didn’t like that part to me faze
was I didn’t like that part to me faze
was I didn’t like that part to me faze me is just the fact that I told them I
me is just the fact that I told them I
me is just the fact that I told them I grew up in Nebraska oh my god it’s just
grew up in Nebraska oh my god it’s just
grew up in Nebraska oh my god it’s just so hilarious because they asked me do
so hilarious because they asked me do
so hilarious because they asked me do you have electricity
you have electricity
you have electricity it’s like butts and like some of them
it’s like butts and like some of them
it’s like butts and like some of them were so confused where Nebraska was
were so confused where Nebraska was
were so confused where Nebraska was there are you guys close to Minnesota
there are you guys close to Minnesota
there are you guys close to Minnesota like up there are you guys liked by
like up there are you guys liked by
like up there are you guys liked by Canada I’m like no we’re like dead
Canada I’m like no we’re like dead
Canada I’m like no we’re like dead center like have you never traveled
center like have you never traveled
center like have you never traveled there
there
there well Chicago I’ve been there I’m like
well Chicago I’ve been there I’m like
well Chicago I’ve been there I’m like well it’s right by there no I don’t
well it’s right by there no I don’t
well it’s right by there no I don’t think so it’s what they told me like
think so it’s what they told me like
think so it’s what they told me like okay but I learned to just be myself
okay but I learned to just be myself
okay but I learned to just be myself guys because I mean when you choose to
guys because I mean when you choose to
guys because I mean when you choose to label someone you’re choosing smallness
label someone you’re choosing smallness
label someone you’re choosing smallness over greatness I mean I think the
over greatness I mean I think the
over greatness I mean I think the campaign last year it was like make
campaign last year it was like make
campaign last year it was like make America great again we’re not making
America great again we’re not making
America great again we’re not making each other great if we’re choosing to
each other great if we’re choosing to
each other great if we’re choosing to label each other
label each other
label each other we’re just stereotype each other and can
we’re just stereotype each other and can
we’re just stereotype each other and can find each other in boxes they kept
find each other in boxes they kept
find each other in boxes they kept putting me in boxes like bees and I keep
putting me in boxes like bees and I keep
putting me in boxes like bees and I keep breaking out of them showing them I’m
breaking out of them showing them I’m
breaking out of them showing them I’m nothing like that I mean who would you
nothing like that I mean who would you
nothing like that I mean who would you be if the world give you a box you check
be if the world give you a box you check
be if the world give you a box you check who would you truly be I mean you could
who would you truly be I mean you could
who would you truly be I mean you could only be yourself right that’s who we
only be yourself right that’s who we
only be yourself right that’s who we should all pride ourself to be rethink
should all pride ourself to be rethink
should all pride ourself to be rethink how the world views you rethink your how
how the world views you rethink your how
how the world views you rethink your how you’re labeled don’t let it offend you
you’re labeled don’t let it offend you
you’re labeled don’t let it offend you find joy in it a lot because I find it
find joy in it a lot because I find it
find joy in it a lot because I find it really Larry’s just telling people yeah
really Larry’s just telling people yeah
really Larry’s just telling people yeah I build an electric longboard they’re
I build an electric longboard they’re
I build an electric longboard they’re like what and like yeah and then they’re
like what and like yeah and then they’re
like what and like yeah and then they’re like you’re a nerd I’m like okay but and
like you’re a nerd I’m like okay but and
like you’re a nerd I’m like okay but and just really I really just I don’t know
just really I really just I don’t know
just really I really just I don’t know how to explain it it’s just the that
how to explain it it’s just the that
how to explain it it’s just the that would be like the feeling you get of
would be like the feeling you get of
would be like the feeling you get of just proving someone wrong I think
just proving someone wrong I think
just proving someone wrong I think that’s like the best feeling in the
that’s like the best feeling in the
that’s like the best feeling in the world and I live for that guys so I
world and I live for that guys so I
world and I live for that guys so I would go out of my way to meet new
would go out of my way to meet new
would go out of my way to meet new people and it should introduce myself
people and it should introduce myself
people and it should introduce myself sometimes I kind of wear like different
sometimes I kind of wear like different
sometimes I kind of wear like different clothes to kind of throw them off you
clothes to kind of throw them off you
clothes to kind of throw them off you know and it works most of the time and
know and it works most of the time and
know and it works most of the time and I’ll throw on an accent the funny part
I’ll throw on an accent the funny part
I’ll throw on an accent the funny part of actually growing up in Egypt though
of actually growing up in Egypt though
of actually growing up in Egypt though is I picked up in here back soon so I
is I picked up in here back soon so I
is I picked up in here back soon so I could do that really well and I sound
could do that really well and I sound
could do that really well and I sound like cab driver and like New York or
like cab driver and like New York or
like cab driver and like New York or something yeah so I’ll be like I’ll say
something yeah so I’ll be like I’ll say
something yeah so I’ll be like I’ll say something everybody what you’re like
something everybody what you’re like
something everybody what you’re like yeah and it’s just like how
yeah and it’s just like how
yeah and it’s just like how I don’t know but I just really hope that
I don’t know but I just really hope that
I don’t know but I just really hope that me speaking to you about stereotypes
me speaking to you about stereotypes
me speaking to you about stereotypes will have you guys change your mind sets
will have you guys change your mind sets
will have you guys change your mind sets about how you view people and expect
about how you view people and expect
about how you view people and expect them to be a certain way just be you
them to be a certain way just be you
them to be a certain way just be you guys thank you very much
guys thank you very much
guys thank you very much [Music]
you
you [Music]
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