In Born Poor and Smart, Angela Locke presents the difficulties she and her mother faced, despite her efforts to move from a lower social class to a higher social class superior. She explains that all they faced from people was unequal manners. According to her, oppression only dominates when given the opportunity in society. In most cases, the poor are looked down upon by their rich counterparts due to their lack of intelligence and are always treated as social failures (Locke, 2005). Locke demonstrates the difficulty underlying the intention to change social class in the absence of a rich past despite success linked to money. In this case, currency is the component that creates the basis for disparities in the