by hofmaier | Jun 8, 2010 | Family, Work, Jobs and Money
[A version of this story was published in the India Tribune. Read the story here.] South Asian artists converged one night in early May at the Ethiopian Diamond II restaurant on the northern edge of the city for an open mic night. The event was sponsored by...
by hofmaier | Jun 1, 2010 | Culture Shock, Good Question, Work, Jobs and Money
Benjamin Akol entered the United States when he was 19 years old. Since the age of six he had been displaced by the northern Sudanese militia that pillaged his village and many other villages in southern Sudan. Akol lived in several refugee camps near the country’s...
by hofmaier | Apr 19, 2010 | About, Back Home, The Migration
When I first met my best friend Gerald three years ago, I was surprised when he told me he was Nicaraguan. We met at a lounge and our attraction to each other was initially romantic. I remember asking him if he pulled his “Puerto Rican†moves on every girl. He...
by hofmaier | Apr 10, 2010 | Identity
For the past two months, Americans have been told to “make themselves heard” by filling out the 2010 census. In ten questions, we are supposed to tell the government where we live, how much we make, and most importantly, who we are. But who are we really?...
