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For me, it was as if the riots occured only yesterday.

Much of the poison that existed back then still is around to this day.

Blacks and Latinos burned down their own neighborhoods and stores that provided jobs for them.

Next time around, they might do it in the suburbs where whites and Asians mainly reside.

It was a race war pure and simple. Money had to do with it too.
Can we all get along? Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:30:00 (PDT)

I have nothing against the Koreans in LA. Sometimes, I feel that black and Hispanic people living there for many, many years had lived in turmoil, poverty, crime, and police brutality. That is why after the Rodney King beating, those poor people are sick to death with people who have a descent and/or so called educationcal jobs, storeowners, and others (Asians, whites, etc.), those rioters were fed up with everything. They went insane through the power of looting, or anything that they could steal or burn. Since ten years have past, I don't want anymore riots in LA or any other city. NOT ONE MORE!!!!!!!!
Koreans, like any other group, they simply want to have a good life. Most of them have some or even no college education. They try to put up businesses in the area, and the Koreans just want to make money, just like everyone else, since that is the American dream. Koreans also want their children to have a real good education, and not live in a hell hole like their parents are right now such as being a storeowner (especially laundromats), etc. Since this incident occurred in the past, I still feel a lot of empathy, not just only the K's, but any race that had a store(s) before and lost it through the riots. I feel that sometimes the pain that causes you to be someone can turn out to be your own worst enemy. I guess it's tough, for example, the Koreans to have "freedom" (and only to that ethnic group) to be successful and have wealth, and not to all other ethnic groups. What I meant to say was, Koreans have the right to have jobs, be storeowners, etc. and not the other people. (i.e.= blacks and Hispanics, etc.)
In short, the bottom line is to try to make ALL people have freedom (good). Not bad. That is the only way to make LA or any other city become successful. That is all I have to say.

chinalova Monday, April 29, 2002 at 18:13:39 (PDT)

I am black, and there are quite a few people (family members or acquaintances) that were discussing it, and a lot of the mindset was "so what?" An uncle of mine actuall said, "They (meaning Koreans, obviously) came into our neighborhoods, and basically saw us as nothing more than ATMS to get money out of, and more often than not they were afraid of black people in general, so they basically gave them something to be afraid of." My ex-girlfriend is Korean, and I am somewhat glad that she wasn't there to hear what was being said. Sadly, that's what the mindset of some blacks are when asked about Asians in the current day, and as cliche as it is, the only way to get rid of it is for people to get to know each other.
T.B. Monday, April 29, 2002 at 16:57:17 (PDT)

Dear Penelope,
Thanks for the sad reminder. I can predict that the media coverage will be all about the state of relations between blacks and whites, with little mention of the attacks on Asian Americans. And, of course, any mention of the attacks on AA's will not portray the truth of misplaced aggression against innocent citizens and wholesale dereliction of duty by the police in protecting those citizens, but rather will insinuate that the attacks on AA's were perhaps justified and understandable. Let's all just see what transpires. I hope I am proved wrong.
Naki Monday, April 29, 2002 at 16:08:17 (PDT)

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