“How to Make White People Laugh” is filled with ideas about ... So in response to the question, having this background and approach lets me take issues like these and really think about ...

It’s white people like Trump who classify a Black woman’s loud laugh as a problem. It draws attention to us and reminds them that, despite everything they’ve done, we’re still here.

Her new book, How To Make White People Laugh is part memoir, part how-to for social justice comedy. As an Iranian Muslim American female comic, Farsad breaks down stereotypes one joke at a time as ...

It is easier to laugh because it is harder to acknowledge that Bull Connor’s white supremacy didn’t benefit the KKK, it benefited all white people everywhere. Ditto to a possible Trump presidency.

Still, the complicated narratives don’t distract from what this film does best: make you laugh about the things that make you furious. Is “Dear White People” a major game changer?

Negin Farsad is a former public policy adviser with two master's degrees from Columbia University, so her ethnic background is ... her book How to Make White People Laugh (Grand Central, 248 ...