Wajahat Ali

writer and political commentator, author of “Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American”

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“Go back to where you came from” is an insult that people — often white — hurl at non-white people in anger. It’s one that political commentator Wajahat Ali receives almost daily.

Replay: Wajahat Ali on navigating the American dream and the American nightmare

“Go back to where you came from” is an insult that people — often white — hurl at non-white people in anger. It’s one that political commentator Wajahat Ali receives almost daily.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Pakistani American Wajahat Ali talks about his new memoir “Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American.”

‘Go Back to Where You Came From’ author on the ‘othering’ of minorities

Pakistani American Wajahat Ali talks about his new memoir “Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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