'This is the Result Because Mommy Worked So Hard' - A Mother's Day Reflection - San Francisco Bay Times
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– “This is the result because Mommy worked so hard.” When South Korean actress Yuh-Jung Youn uttered those words last month in her acceptance speech for the best supporting actress Oscar, our thoughts immediately flashed to our own mothers and the ongoing struggle for women’s dignity and equality. Seconds earlier, Youn with a touch of humor had thanked her two children “who made me go out and work.” What Youn didn’t explain was that, years ago, she was a newly divorced single mom in her late 30s, raising two young children as a Korean immigrant in...
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