In his standup specials, the former “Patriot Act” host often recounts harrowing experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to him?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/hasan-minhajs-emotional-truths
I thought he said that he made some of them up though, at least to some extent, not that he borrowed from others’ experiences