[Impressive-Instant21381]

In response to Linn’s comment, I am a black male and I live in Gardena, a city which is relatively close to the actual city of Los Angeles. I’ve been inside countless Korean-owned stores and I don’t get the same impression that you get. It’s silly to generalize and say that ALL blacks hate Koreans because that is not the case, I, for one, do not. During the 1992 L.A. Civil Unrest many black people were upset at the killing of a young innocent black girl in a Korean-owned corner store (she was pulling a bottle of orange juice out of her pocket and the Korean grocer behind the counter assumed it was a gun and shot her at point blank range in the head). Needless to say, many black & Latino people in the community were outraged by this. Emotions flew everywhere and people were outraged. That is why there was such a deep-seeded hatred towards Korean-owned businesses during the ’92 ‘Riots.’ Black people felt that they were being treated like animals and viewed as criminals and they were just fed-up at the current state of affairs of their community. Also, I never get the impression that black people are ‘jealous’ of Koreans who own businesses in THEIR communities. It many has to do with the fact that Koreans are outsiders of the community, their children don’t attend any of the communities schools, nor frequent any of the business, or are even seen walking the streets. Many black and Latino people that predominate these communities (particularly inner city Los Angeles) have a subtle disliking for Korean people because of this. They do not live in the community, yet they take our money, and they are afraid of US. This is the mind-state that many black and Latino people have about Koreans who operate stores in their communites. Koreans never step foot in the community otherwise, only to do business. Once their store closes they go back to wherever they came from (whether that be the Valley, the South Bay, Koreatown, West L.A., etc.) but never in the community their store is located in. It’s like someone is taking your money yet they don’t want to be around you or associate with you. That is seen as disrespectful and unjust to the people who WILLINGLY give these store-owners money and help keep their stores in business primarly because they have no other choice. Fortunately, actions have and are being taken as we speak to quell the tension between blacks and Koreans in inner-city Los Angeles.

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Name : Impressive-Instant21381, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Age : 18, City : Gardena, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : College Student, Education level : High School Diploma, 

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