Actor Kal Penn, perhaps best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar films, turned the tables on a racist troll and raised more than $250,000 for Syrian refugees this weekend. Casting aside conventional wisdom about ignoring and not “feeding” trolls, Penn hit back for a good cause.
After a troll told him that he didn’t “belong in this country,” Penn set up a fundraising page titled DONATING TO SYRIAN REFUGEES IN THE NAME OF THE DUDE WHO SAID I DON’T BELONG IN...