2013年10月24日 星期四

Short TED Talk-Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?



Summary
The speaker of this talk show is Maz Jobrani who is an Iranian-American comedian. He is also a founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy TourSeeing Comedy Tour as a kind of platform, Maz Jobrani tries to tour around and break down the stereotype toward Middle Eastern people in a hilarious way. He has mentioned a common stereotype for characters in movies that people always hold. Most of people may think that whenever Middle Eastern people show up in the movie, they always come with bombs, they belong to the evil side or they fight for islamic jihad on behalf of God. However, it's not always truth. In fact, Maz Jobrani has met many people in Middle East and people are just so great everywhere and there are many great things there that you can learn from these countries, such as Dubai Mall. Maz Jobrani hopes people can present Middle East in a more positive way for the coming years.

What can listeners learn from this talk
After listening to Maz Jobrani's talk, listeners can rethink over their perspectives toward Middle East. I think most of people today more or less still hold a certain stereotype to Middle Eastern people because of their religion, history and maybe their mystery. However, before totally understanding one culture, we should not have any bias against it, or we might have lost many opportunities to see the greatest things of the world. So, for those who have bias on Middle East, it may help break down the block in mind and will be willing to embrace the world with open arms.





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