Roof Korean La Riot

He clearly holds no smug satisfaction about the symbolism of self defense.

Roof korean la riot.

The la riots were a rude awakening for korean americans says edward taehan chang professor of ethnic studies and founding director of the young oak kim center for korean american studies at the. The dramatic pictures show korean americans taking up arms during the 1992 los angeles uprising when riots and looting erupted after four white los angeles police department officers were acquitted in the brutal beating black motorist rodney king. The rooftop korean memes may apply to the latter but not so much to the story of a man like bob kim a koreatown optometrist who lived through the 1992 riots while holding a rifle and now must do it again. The roof koreans were spontaneous self defense forces organized by the korean community of los angeles primarily centered in koreatown in response to violent and frequently racist attacks on their communities and businesses by primarily black looters and rioters during the los angeles riots of 1992.

Some korean americans say riots made them realize importance of political power los angeles cnn chang lee gripped his fingers tighter around the gun and screamed at potential looters from the. Don t mess with the rooftopkoreans one man tweeted.