It looks a little like a low-key version of one of his Daily Show segments or a piece from his former Netflix series Patriot Act.

But instead, the 21-minute video released by comic Hasan Minhaj, first published Thursday in the Hollywood Reporter, is a personal, detailed rebuttal tackling elements of a critical article about him published by The New Yorker more than a month ago, titled "Hasan Minhaj's 'Emotional Truths'."

"I'm aware that even talk about this now feels so trivial," Minhaj says, noting how the Israel-Hamas War has dominated recent news. "But being accused of fake racism is not trivial. It is very serious, and it demands an explanation."

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