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VIDEO: How to go from jamoke to Chicagoan in under 40 minutes

11.05.2009 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

The lead from my latest on Huffington Post:

I've
got this intern working for me, he's a nice smart kid. (That's how bad
things are for college grads these days. They intern for freelance
writers.)

Anyway, the kid grew up in San Francisco. He moved here a few years
ago to go to college at DePaul. The other day I asked him, "What did
you think of Chicago after growing up in such a cosmopolitan city?"

He said he was shocked by the racism here, which his San Francisco
upbringing had allowed him to assume was a relic of the urban past. And
he said he missed the hills. Otherwise, he liked Chicago fine.

"There certainly is a lot to do here," he said with a shrug.

A lot to do here?

I'm thinking to myself, What kind of jamoke am I dealing with here?

How'm I ever gonna explain to this kid what makes Chicago different
from San Francisco, different from anywhere else? How'm I gonna
introduce him to Chicago's heroes, living and dead? How'm I gonna show
him how to get a laugh in a Chicago tavern — or at least help him
understand what he's supposed to think is funny.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-murray/how-to-go-from-jamoke-to_b_346963.html&cp

Here, kid.

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // Chicago, jamoke, San Francisco

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