My Korean Mother Doesn’t Understand My American Success
She sacrificed to give me a better life, but it’s not the one she expected
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6 min readAug 23, 2019
“Omma, do you know who Oprah Winfrey is?” I asked my mom one day as we sat in her kitchen. In front of us were bowls filled with rice, fried fish, and various Korean side dishes. “You know, the Black lady who used to have a talk show on TV?”
