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When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'

When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that was fairly ignorant that I knew would get the laugh. It wasn't flipping stereotypes; it was using them.

I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.

Sometimes my ethnicity is relevant, other times not. I definitely get the best of both worlds.

I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.

If you come from a place of love, and you're not saying, 'I'm better than you,' that's one thing that allows you to talk about different ethnicities. It's almost like laughing with each other.

Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish.

I grew up with white friends, Asian friends - Vietnamese, Chinese, Pacific Islanders. I had Hispanic friends, not just Mexican friends, but Guatemalan friends, Honduran friends, and we knew the difference, you know?

Whatever your ethnicity is, in this life you are going to be on a journey to discover who you are and how you feel about yourself.

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'