National exposure! As I was covering education angles at the Republican National Convention last week, I got lassoed into a “Daily Show” bit about diversity in the Republican Party. That’s me, about 33 second in, being asked if I’m Latino.
Sorry, I said. Half white, half Japanese. But on a fair number of occasions, people have assumed I’m Hispanic. That part got cut. So did this: As I headed up the escalator, correspondent Al Madrigal shouted, “Would you wear a mustache for us?”