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'Chinese burn? We just say burn': comics on joking about race and immigration by Interviews By Ben Williams

Phil Wang has a messy relationship with the British empire. Evelyn Mok felt dirty joking about her family. Kae Kurd riffs on being a refugee. Aisha Alfa was shocked to find she had a 'black perspective'. They talk patriotism, stereotypes and stigmasI'm a sort of half-immigrant. I was born in Stoke, where my mum is from, but we went back to Malaysia, where my dad's from, a week after I was born. When I was 16 I moved …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04AM on December 15, 2017

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