Photo By John Hoff, September 2
During the Poor People's rally in Mears Park, I was interviewed by a journalist from a Mexican television station...or perhaps it was bigger than Mexico, perhaps she said "Latin America."
She wanted my opinions about immigration reform. I was chosen for an interview because I can actually speak a few words of Spanish, so even though a translator would be needed for my political commentary--too complicated for my language skills--I was able to say a few things in Spanish, too. I really had no opportunity to comment on the more pressing and relevant issue: Smoking hot journalists from Latin America: how can the U.S. get more of them?
Yeah, my rough but passable Spanish came in useful two days later when I had to talk my way past a locked door and into a McDonalds to avoid arrest.
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Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com
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