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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Bok Bok Bok

I listen to XM radio in my car to and from work and I almost exclusively listen to a Spanish language morning program called "Tu Manana live" out of Miami.  I love it!  They talk about music, food, politics, social networking, what is going on in the world, gossip, sports and so much more.  They have a great team of 3 radio personalities, a lady and two men and they rif off each other, crack jokes and keep the show going through discussions, arguments, games, jokes and more.

I have wanted to call this show for some time now to participate in a game they play on Thursdays and Fridays.  They play a song and then they stop the song and the caller has to complete the song.  The songs are all in Spanish but since I listen to Spanish language radio almost exclusively I know many of the songs they put on this program and I love Spanish popular music but for some reason I've been too chicken to call in.

Well Tuesday morning I called in.  They were talking about racism and stereotyping and I called in to comment about being bi-cultural and what that means to racism and stereotyping and to me.  The screener asked me some questions (in Spanish) and then placed me on hold until the song was over and the program continued.  I sat there on hold for 2 or 3 minutes with my heart in my mouth and on the verge of a nervous breakdown and then I hung up!

BOK BOK BOK!!!

2 comments:

C said...

You hung up? I would have loved to know what you wanted to say! I'd probably need some translation help though :)
It was interesting for me growing up "Asian" in a very homogeneous community. Last Christmas I went home for the holidays, went into a corner store and the owner was Asian. She looked at me and said "I've never seen you before, are you new?" which made me laugh because I was thinking the same thing about her. We've been away for many years now, but it goes to show that not much has changed in my hometown.

Tvftr said...

When will I be featured?