Survival of the Unfittest | Maysoon Zayid | Talks at Google
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- čas přidán 28. 12. 2015
- Comedian, writer, actress, tap dancer, and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid should have died the day she was born but somehow she survived. In her talk, “Survival of the Unfittest,” Maysoon uses humor to share her story and advice no one wants to here about how we can fix our broken world. Maysoon was born and raised in the great state of NJ and spent her summers in the Holy Land. She grew up oblivious to the reality that being brown, Muslim, disabled, Palestinian, and a girl would make her the target of hate, violence, bullying and discrimination as an adult. Raised by parents who taught her to think big, Maysoon dreamt of being on the legendary daytime soap opera, General Hospital. She soon realized that winning the minority Olympics was not a good thing in Hollywood. On air talent with visible disabilities were almost non existent in entertainment and broadcast news. The few times they did appear they were not people of color. Despite the odds being against her, Maysoon managed to become a happy, healthy, successful stand up comedian who sold out shows worldwide. Her clips online have millions of views. Maysoon has appeared in multiple films, documentaries, and TV shows but she remained on the Z-list, shunned by main stream media because she was an other. A lifelong tap dancer, Maysoon’s mantra is, “ Yes I cancan,” but fighting for equality for all not just for some often left her feeling run over in the intersection of intersectionality until she started cheering for herself. Its not easy being green but it definitely makes life more interesting. “Survival of the Unfittest," will make you laugh and believe that together we cancan defeat the dark side and fix this broken world.
About the Speaker: Maysoon Zayid is an actress, comedian, disability advocate, and writer. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and is the co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and the Muslim Funny Fest. Maysoon was a full-time On Air Contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and a columnist for The Daily Beast. She has most recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey Networks In Deep Shift, 60 Minutes, and Huffington Post Live. She also had the number one TED Talk of 2014. As a professional comedian, Maysoon has performed in top New York clubs, and has toured extensively at home and abroad. She is a headliner on the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour and The Muslims Are Coming Tour. Maysoon appeared alongside Adam Sandler in You Don’t with the Zohan and is the founder of Maysoon’s Kids, a scholarship and wellness program for disabled refugee children. Maysoon was delighted to be a 2013 honoree of United Cerebral Palsy NYC’s Women Who Care Awards and is honored to sit on the planning committee.
www.Maysoon.com
DAMN did she have to work hard on this crowd! (let it be known: I don`t usually comment anything on youtube) This human is a gem! love this!
I'm 17 years old and I have cerebral palsy it's common yet the amount of times I hear "what's that is that a disease is amazing how uneducated people are
Such a great human being, very lovely. May God grant your wishes Maysoon
one word: Wonderful is the best to describe you Maysoon. You are may be physical disabled but you are surely endowed with exceptional level of intelligence and cuteness like no other. Who can articulate words and ideas the way you do....!!! what a beautiful person you are..
That crowd did her dirty in the beginning. Dry af. She’s a QUEEN 👸
She's amazing and it was a great talk. Hell of a rough crowd.
THE ROUGHEST
If I can, can, you can, can, too. :) I laughed so unexpectedly almost had my eyes pop out.
great sense of humor ... people should learn it as well...
What doesn't kill you makes you strong... such a strong and feisty and beautiful woman...I am in awe!
That was really awesome talk!
Thank you Maysoon for inspiring all disabled people.
Great effort Maysoon. Best wishes to you!
thank you so much you were awesome I almost didn't give this video a chance I thought you were just another comedian but you are a very smart and funny comedian god bless you and may you go far in whatever you choose to do
The Q&A portion of this talk is the best part!
AGREE
Auto captioning does suck. (please google try harder) This was just meant to kill the background quiet while I worked, but it has suked up an hour because Maysoon was soo good
Amazing
33:20 "Just say hi" campaign. WOW
Very good... Watched it all
She is funny. And that Google crowd is tough.
This crowd may be feeling offended by all of her comments. She is wonderful!!!! Love her!!!!
Some people call me slow I take as I'm physically slow because I am for a long time I didn't know why but now I know that it's hard to move fast when I try it's hurts really bad to the point I can't move because I have cp some people don't know
She's so farkin funny 😂
Who dislikes this and why? (beside Jewish/Arab extremists)
29:05 AUDIENCE QUESTION: Asked, what happened to person who used a slur against you in the car?
MAYSOON: THe person was actually my best friend…I think context matters…and I had
Mother Against R-word come after me for that joke.
C.p. girls unite!!! Let's conquer the world friend! I always say that! If I were to be asked to walk a straight line, I better do the blow test...I thought it was funny, until my p.t. guy said why would you be being pulled over? Oh Lord, nevermind😊
i had a popple!!! i adored it! I slept with it almost for two decades!!1
PWDs are economically the most poorest in the world.
you guys are such popples XD
The crowd is terrible.
what happends when the voice of the opressed is a troll?
TINA
Tamy what's wrong with you? LOL
idk why she labels herself with "brown" shes far from what people would consider that id think
brown not black..
who is in the audience?? zombies??
Alot of religious slurs for personal glorification (y) good going lass
OK, I watched a show for you that got shared in facebook and it was a little bit good, but this one is a little bit offensive to the Palestinian people, do you really think that waving you passport would get you a man here, I had the chance several times to get to the USA even though I never wanted to, and got several invitations to go to the US from people and companies that I worked for and I choose not to.
If I were your husband I would really consider divorcing you just for thinking that, if you do not respect him why would you live with him.
Maybe she exaggerated. She was just trying to make the world see how terrible the situation in Gaza is.
I really think that she thinks this way, and it really feels bad when you get offended by your own people, I really started to feel that we are being discriminated against from our own people.
I think even if what she said was the truth I do not think that she should have said it.
She's a comedian. She's been advocating Palestine in ALL her shows. Therefore I think she was only trying to emphasize on the dilemma of the Palestinian people, but in a funny way. This is a kind of black comedy.
Exactly
whats wrong with her?
+DragonRumber she explained herself in less than 1 minute.
She has ataxic cerebral palsy, which causes you to shake all the time. There are different types, I have spastic cerebral palsy, which causes my muscles to ache and move uncontrollably. (Small movements, like I get a needle-like pain in my foot and it jumps up and down when it happens).
Lilly Hanks I do too and my muscles move involuntarily and spasm and my legs shake
She cannot be a "Palestinian" because there is no such country called Palestine. There never was.
Wow
whateverr
I'm 17 years old and I have cerebral palsy it's common yet the amount of times I hear "what's that is that a disease is amazing how uneducated people are