, the impact of images, especially when south asians wereheeing beaten up aroundountry, muslims, sikhspeius being public and showing a broad range of identities, ke, would shape that public image, and i knoi i couldn't do thoses anymore. it was so minimizing. -y wr film, "the problemh apu," grew out of a bit that you did a few years ago for "totally biased with w. kamau bell." -you were -- you worked on that show. a lot of your comedy deals with race and ethnicity. do you vm w your comedy as a f activism? -no. i mean, this film, i think, is a little different because it's an in-depth look at a particular topic, t my stand-up, at the end of the day, it has to make people laugh, and i'm not going to say something that is, even if it's thoughtful, that doesn't make people laugl because why people listen to me? i mean, stand-up's strength is that people listen because there's the promise of laughter, so, i mean, an activist goal is to push an issue and to get it as far as they can and to try to make progress, whether it's legislatively or socially. that's not my goal with stand-up.wi my goa s