Welcome. Welcome. Welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Doug Fairbanks and I'm joined by

Who am I today?

What is the famous May actress?

Fanny May. Fanny May. I'm joined by Fanny May. Fanny May and Fanny May. Yes, I think it's the

May West. How's the May West? No, I'm Fanny May. Oh, okay, Fanny May is here. We have a great

guest today. It tells us a very heartbreaking story that I really felt grateful to be hearing.

Yeah. Yeah. Her name is Prachi Gupta and she's an award-winning journalist. She has a new

book out right now called They Called Us Exceptional and other lies that raised us.

It's an immigrant story. Indian family. Yeah, but speaks largely to token immigrants basically.

The model minority. Yeah. The myth of the model minority. Yeah. And it's an important story.

Although in your case, it's not a myth. I gotta say unfortunately you really perpetuate the

stereotype. No, no. High achieving a purpose. But I didn't do any of the... Yeah, but I didn't...

I did a much... I did a not-model-y way to get there. Unconventional. Extremely. I didn't do

any of the things that I was supposed to do to get there. And what else would you expect from Fanny May?

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