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CS MONITOR: Arab-American Comedy Festival         


Author: Robert Cohen
Date: Nov 14, 2006 06:15

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Re: CS MONITOR: Arab-American Comedy Festival         


Author: Robert Cohen
Date: Nov 14, 2006 07:36

And this too couldn't hurt:

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2006/11/14/metlaugh1114b.html

Comedians turn tables on hatred, stereotypes
Race, religion take hits for good cause

By Brian Feagans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 11/14/06

A black comedian, a Jewish comedian and a Latino comedian walk into a
bar. ...

Know how that one goes?

The 130 people who crammed into a boozy basement Thursday in Midtown
sure do. And the punch lines weren't for the thin-skinned -- no
matter the color.

Take the opening from Manny Oliveira, the Latino comedian at the event
organized by the Black-Jewish Coalition, the American Jewish Committee
and several Atlanta-based Latino organizations. "When I walked in, I
saw Latino people, black people, Jewish people," Oliveira said. "I
thought I was in court."
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