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Samira Banks

Comedian

Aug 25, 2026

32:48
[laughs]
32:50
My mom, um, I remember she came to me and she was, like, really angry.
32:54
Not even angry.
32:55
She was kind of, like, worried and she was like, "Did you tell people at school that you were adopted?" Um, and I was like, "Oh, yeah, I remember that." I made up this whole story 'cause there was this one girl that I thought was kind of dumb, and so I made up this story for her, like, that I was a princess that had been adopted and I, like, came over in a crate and stuff.
33:14
How offensive though.
33:14
I was, like, seven, and I told her the story at break 'cause I was bored, and then I, like, went on with my day, and apparently she'd gone home and told her parents.
33:21
They'd called the school.
33:22
They'd called my parents, and my mom was like, "Oh, my God." She was really worried 'cause she thought, like, I wanted to be adopted or something.
22:23
That's a different topic.
22:23
That's a different topic.
22:25
But basically, so Sara, this girl, then goes back to Greece and decides to dedicate her time to helping other refugees who arrive.
22:34
So she'll kind of...
22:36
I think she was mainly handing out blankets and food and stuff, but also worked with people who kind of help if people are drowning to get them...
22:45
Out of the water and onto the shore and was then charged with human trafficking for trying to help those people because the Greek Coast Guard considered that human trafficking that you didn't basically let them drown.
22:58
And she's been waiting for her trial for, I think, five years now.
26:45
punishing the victim it's it's it's insane what so and i don't i don't mean to just like assume you necessarily have a take you might not have a take on this but your dad being a refugee has it changed like from the time your dad got in the back of a lorry like has it i mean it's obviously it's pretty it's pretty awful but like how has how has it sort of touched your family life

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