Korean Father Son

Our Korean American Sons

It is September, and there is a special group of parents across America who confront a certain sadness. These men and women see their first borns leave them for college. The children disappear around the corner of a campus walk or into the recesses of a dormitory, leaving their parents to silently experience the sad-happiness-pride-anxiety that…

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What Mothers Know

I have two teenage daughters who swear to me they will never have children.  They say that they, like all children, are a drain on the life of their mother.  Why would they want to put themselves through that, they challenge us to answer.  I have nothing to say to this.  We men may be…

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Korean Americans Who Embrace Risk

Over a hundred years after the first wave of Koreans landed in America, a look at Korean Americans who embrace risk. It’s been almost 15 years since I attended a lawyers’ conference listening to a remarkable discussion by a Korean American lawyer regarding minorities in the higher echelons of corporate America.  Among Asian American lawyers…