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I take issue with the oversimplification of his statements regarding the riots.
The LA riots were not Black vs everybody else. There were Blacks, Hispanics, Whites and other Asians who were looting stores. The LAPD basically abandoned the entire city for days and one incident was televised and allowed the rioting to spread citywide.
There was a climate of police brutality that affected Blacks and Hispanics in the city. There is/was the well-documented corruption of the LAPD and their history of being a lawless law enforcement agency. And add to that the MANY other issues, one piled on top of the next and it was like a throwing a lit match onto a stack of dynamite.
Also, Koreans were not the only merchants who were targeted, even some Black owned businesses were looted and burned. However, I will say that many were angry at Korean business owners specifically because of their perceived disdain for their customer base and the killing of Latasha Harlins
Why do you try to justify robbery, violence, arson and murder over a "perceived distain for their customer base"? If the customer's don't like the way a given business owner treats them...shop elsewhere. Don't flippin kill them, steal from them or burn out their businesses. Only animals would act that way, of any race.
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That's a much better explaination than just calling OP a racist.
While I agree with what you've written, I'd suspect that 98% of the rioters were from the black community and it evolved into looting stores just because of the lawlessness in the Black community and not for a specific reason.
I take issue with the oversimplification of his statements regarding the riots.
The LA riots were not Black vs everybody else. There were Blacks, Hispanics, Whites and other Asians who were looting stores. The LAPD basically abandoned the entire city for days and one incident was televised and allowed the rioting to spread citywide.
Blacks behaved like animals, they were attacking everyone, disregard the looting for a moment (I am sure everyone looted) but there was another aspect to the riot: blacks were racist thugs, they were beating up whites, asians and hispanics.
There was a famous scene from the L.A. riot showing a beating of a white man.
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Also, Koreans were not the only merchants who were targeted, even some Black owned businesses were looted and burned. However, I will say that many were angry at Korean business owners specifically because of their perceived disdain for their customer base and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latasha_Harlins"]killing of Latasha Harlins[/URL]
Uhh, I am pretty sure blacks back then were anti-koreans before the killing of latasha harlins. That case just added more fuel to the fire.
BTW, many blacks STILL don't like koreans but no one really care what haters think.
It all comes down to barriers of entry. The reason you don’t see as much black owned businesses is because startup capital. For the most part family members don’t have money to lend you and banks don’t provide the same type of services in the black community as they do in others. There are also issues with land ownership, networking and mentorship.
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I am certain that the Koreans that were violated will land back on their feet. The thugs who saw an opportunity to loot and destroy were never on their feet to begin with.
BTW, isn't the fact that it takes Koreans, or any other group, to come into the black community to open business at the root of the issue? Why aren't these stores opened by those from the local community? And please, let's refrain from the typical excuses.
Why do you try to justify robbery, violence, arson and murder over a "perceived distain for their customer base"? If the customer's don't like the way a given business owner treats them...shop elsewhere. Don't flippin kill them, steal from them or burn out their businesses. Only animals would act that way, of any race.
Where did I personally justify robbery, violence, arson or murder?
And the thing is all would never have happened if the LAPD staid out of it and let Melonie Springer of the Highway Patrol just shoot Rodney King dead as she was about to. LAPD trying to save Rodney Kings life was a waste IMO.
Rodney, his love of TS hookers, the drugs, booze and all of it wasn't worth it at all IMO.
CHP Ofc Springer was NOT "just about" to shoot Rodney King. She and her partner were moving in to cuff him, when LAPD Sgt Stacy Koon held her back, so his men could get in a little "stick time". Springer later said that she did not believe the LAPD's use of batons was justified.
BTW, LA's Koreatown today? Boomtown. Largest concentration of Koreans anywhere outside of Seoul, great restaurants and bars, dusk-to-dawn nightlife, with a growing hipster/artist/yuppie community.
It all comes down to barriers of entry. The reason you don’t see as much black owned businesses is because startup capital. For the most part family members don’t have money to lend you and banks don’t provide the same type of services in the black community as they do in others. There are also issues with land ownership, networking and mentorship.
And immigrants from Korea got their start up capital from where? You think they were trust fund babies?
Because one Korean shot somebody protecting their property during a period of anarchy, it's ok to attack all Korean store owners?
If it's good enough for her, it's good enough for Trayvon.
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