St. Thomas Law Review
First Page
572
Document Type
Article
Abstract
I grew up working-class, aware of the difference between me and those with money. Now, as I finish my doctorate in counseling psychology and begin life with my husband Reggie Oh ("Reggie"), a law professor, I find myself with money. Reggie grew up differently, coming to the United States from South Korea when he was five years old. He was expected to be upwardly mobile. I was not. As a white American woman, I have interpreted some of his habits as middle-class or upper middle-class. He protests that it is not always about class but can be about culture. In this essay, I describe some of the difficulties of upward mobility and some of the intersections between class and race in the creative enterprise of an interracial relationship.
Recommended Citation
Katharine J. Hahn,
Moving on Up: Different Faces of Upward Mobility in an Interracial Couple,
20
St. Thomas L. Rev.
572
(2008).
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https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol20/iss3/9