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When I was a child,[br]I knew I had superpowers.

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That's right.

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I thought I was absolutely amazing[br]because I could understand

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and relate to the feelings[br]of brown people, like my grandfather,

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a conservative Muslim guy.

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And also, I could understand[br]my Afghan mother, my Pakistani father,

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not so religious but[br]laid-back, fairly liberal.

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And of course, I could understand[br]and relate to the feelings of white people.

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The white Norwegians of my country.[br]You know, white, brown, whatever,

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I loved them all. I understood them all,

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even if they didn't always[br]understand each other,

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they were all my people.

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My father, though,[br]was always really worried.

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He kept saying that[br]even with the best education,

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I was not going to get a fair shake.

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I would still face discrimination,[br]according to him, and that they only way

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to be accepted by white people[br]would be to become famous.

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Now mind you, he had this conversation[br]with me when I was seven-years-old.

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So while I'm seven-years-old,[br]he said, look,

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soo its either got to be sports,[br]or its got to be music.