You don't look...

An improvised joke I made at a recent speaking engagement....

I spent the first 26 years being told "funny, you don't look Dominican" and I'll spend the next 36 being told "funny, you don't look Jewish."

Since I am Dominican and Jewish, clearly I look nothing but puro Jewminicana. What do I have to get a t-shirt?

Neither Dominican or Jewish is a race.

Now, don't even get me started on "Funny, you don't look American."

If you step off a plane in Santo Domingo, New York or Jerusalem, you'll see plenty of Jews, Dominicans and Americans who look like me.

You need to get out more, people.

Why do I have to repeat myself? Because people aren't listening.

Related: Lala Vazquez on "You Don't Look Latina"

"Funny, You Don't Look Jewish" by moi

Hebrew Mamita Vanessa Hidary on "Funny, You Don't Look Jewish":