British Asians

I'm, I'm never sure.

No, because it's like, you would c- you would describe, like, Romesh as Asian, like British Asian, and then Phil Wang-

No, I describe him as just Asian.

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I think it was somehow the implicit suggestion that I was... that all men are sleazy, and the only way in which you can protect yourself from the uncontrollable sleaziness of men is to cover your face.

What? What? When, as a younger man, you came across women from the British Asian community who were covering their faces, you took it as an implicit suggestion that you were somehow sleazy and that they had to cover their faces in order to protect themselves from your leering glare? No.

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Did he really say that? He couldn't have.

And is given the problem is the victims of his disgusting comments believe that they can just be a little bit more racist tomorrow because he's been Said what he said today?

Just explain that though as somebody from a similar background because I think a lot of my listeners in the last hour was sort of scratching their heads a bit think about a minute he's a British Asian and a Muslim and And he's yet apparently being racist against another

British Asian Muslim.

Do you know why this is really sad, Ian? If you go on Zia's Twitter account, look underneath the comments as he even tweets these things.

His own activist base don't accept him.

special guest and I don't even like I don't even interrupt you when you do your introduction but I'm feeling so happy bags of nervousness but happy nerves and good nerves and just excitement yeah so I'm gonna let you finish I'm sorry

thank you um but it is an honor to have this guest on our podcast she's someone before we ever released an episode or or put ourselves out there this is our dream guest to have on our podcast um accolades they're not sure they're here she's an actor actress writer comedian playwright novelist screenwriter BAFTA award-winning fellowship yeah no average BAFTA Comedy icon and quite frankly, the woman responsible for making us feel seen and like British Asians are here.

From Bajie on the Beach to the Kumas at number 42 and plays such as A Tupperware Full of Ashes and the upcoming The Children.

And of course, the iconic, goodness gracious me, it's the OG, the vigilante herself, Dame Mira Sayal.

Well, this is just, like, a totally...

Yeah, it's, it's the British Asian of it all.

Yeah.

I think also Indians, like, culturally, this could be a reach, but I feel like we're so used...