6/28/2023 0 Comments Call Me Russell by Russell Peters![]() ![]() Peters, who is of Indian background, said that as an adult he understands the racism of the term. I thought a Paki was some kind of ghost or boogey man," Peters told Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC's Q cultural affairs show, in an interview aired Monday. "As a kid I would hear the word and a) I didn't know they were talking about me and b) I didn't know what the word was. Peters is known for busting Indian stereotypes in his comedy, which has taken him from a modest middle-class life in Woodbridge, Ont., to a place in the top 10 of a Forbes best-paid comedians list last year.Ĭall Me Russell devotes an entire chapter to the taunt of "Paki" that Peters says he heard throughout his childhood. ![]() In his memoir, Call Me Russell, Canadian comedian Russell Peters writes about growing up in suburbia as a scrawny, brown, bullied kid with ADHD. ![]()
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