We had the interview on September 8th. We met at a coffee shop called the living room which is in Point Loma and is very close to high tech high. After arriving we searched for a mystery man name Erin Wicomb at the time we had no idea of what to look for to find him so we just asked a few people if they were Erin on our third attempt we succeeded. We greeted and chose a table to conduct our interview. At first it felt a little award asking Erin questions about his life but after the first couple questions it was clear that Erin has a great personality and is a really nice guy.
Erin jumped right in and told us how he grew up in Cape Town, a large city in South Africa. His parents are divorced so he grew up with his mom, and his sister. He told us how his father is African and his mother is British. Erin emphasized on how racially divers South Africa is he kept telling us about if you were black you could do certain things that the whites could and if you were white you couldn't do the same things that blacks do. Even as a child Erin could not do certain things in the private school that he went to.
One thing that I though was very interesting is when he told us what the South African flag represented. The Black part of the flag represents the black population. The gold represents the wealth of the land, the natural resources. The white represents how the whites dominate South Africa. The red is the blood of the wars in South Africa and the blue is for the water and the sky.
He told us about how he loves the United States because there is no fear. He spoke about being very happy living in San Diego but he also said that there is no culture in San Diego. There is no art that is only made in San Diego that represent San Diego and there is no enthusiasm for just being a part of San Diego. He also emphasized that traveling is the most important thing someone can do in there life. He has been allover the world and he said, “if you want to grow as a person you need to travel” and I truly believe him.
The interview turned out to be a lot of fun actually and very very interesting I am happy that we did this. It was much more exciting than I though it was going to be. I am just pleased that I was given a chance to meat a really good guy.
In conclusion, I think that I could have done a better job at organizing the questions but it went much better than expected. This was the first interview that I have ever been a part of so it was quite exciting. We got a lot of information and now have a much better grip on South African culture. Overall this was very useful and we couldn't have done it better.
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