Latasha Harlins

Violence was Stimulated a new wave of political activism among the Korean-Americans, but it has also split them into two camps. But the liberals sought to unite with the other minorities in the Los Angeles to fight against the racial oppression and the scapegoating. But the conservatives emphasized law and order and generally flavored the economic and the social policies of the Republican Party. The conservatives tended to emphasize the political differences between Koreans and other minorities, specifically African Americans. On March 16 1991, a year prior to the Los Angeles riots, storekeeper Soon Ja Du physically Confronted black ninth-grader Latasha Harlins by grabbing her sweater and Backpack over whether it is 15-year-old had been trying to steal a bottle of orange juice from the store called empire…

that racial tensions had not disappeared. The riot led to forty-three deaths and was influenced by economic tensions of residents in South Los Angeles and past strains in police and community relations. Officers were often believed to be engaged in racial profiling and used excessive force against minorities (McNamara & Burns, 2009). Also contributing to the culmination of the Los Angeles riots was the murder of Latasha Harlins. Latasha Harlins was a fifteen-year old African American girl. In…

were already upset with Rodney King’s beating. Another event that acted as a catalyst to the Civil Unrest in 1992 was killing of Latasha Harlins. On 16 March 1991, at approximately 9:35 A.M., Latasha Harlins walked into the Emprie Liquor Market located at 9172 South Figueroa Street in Compton, California. Within the course of five short minutes, she lay on the floor in front of the store’s counter, suffering from a single close-range gunshot wound to the back of her head. Two dollars lay…

liquor stores and grocery markets in the poorer neighborhoods of Los Angeles. As immigrants, these were the only kinds of businesses they could afford to establish (Erik Email, 3/15). Many white-owned businesses in many low-income areas of Los Angeles moved out of the areas, leaving minorities in the inner cities with no other options of buying food, or other goods. The only places available were fast-food restaurants and Korean-owned grocery and liquor stores. The establishment of Korean…

The killing Latasha Harlins added even more to the racial tension that was amplifying in Los Angeles. Black Americans played a keen role inside the 1992 Los Angeles race riots. Many were angered by the unfair treatment served both to Rodney King and Latisha Harlins, and the lack of justice they received. Black Americans in turn revolted because they were immensely discontent with the unjust treatment they faced. Being that there was turmoil between the Black American and Asian American…

around shows how Asian people have been trying to expand the reach of hip-hop to alter the idea of who was allowed to enjoy it. No longer did Asian people have to fit into the “egg roll” stereotype, and no longer did the Black people have to solely enjoy hip-hop. A sense of intersectionality within hip-hop is one of many ways that Asian and Black people are able to branch out of their own stereotypes. Stereotypes have also fueled much of the misunderstanding between Black and Asian people. Each…

N***** took over” with lyrics like “They found the couldn’t handle us Bloods, Crips on the same squad with the Ese’s thumping, n****it’s time to rob and mob. The words in the song spoke of the robbing and pillaging done during the riots and how it was started pretty much. Dr Dre was just speaking what they were feeling. In total the damage cost about a billion dollars and the number of deaths and injuries were 55 and over 2000 respectively. The riot led to 7,000 arrests and over 4,000…

peaceful. These misperceptions were perpetuated by the media to add fuel to an already dangerous situation. On the day the jury acquitted the 4 officers involved in the Rodney King beating rioting erupted, this was a known fact. However, most people believe that the rioting was in a predominantly black community. It was not, the rioting took place in Koreatown. It involved the destruction of Korean Americans homes and business. In this case, the behavior of the African Americans reinforced the…

the better people in this room. Blue-eyed people are smarter than brown-eyed people” (PBS). During recess, Russell and John got into an argument, which started off with name calling, “brown-eyes” (Class Divided). The experiment had influenced them so greatly that the brown-eyes began to believe they are ignorant, as John replies, it means that we’re stupider...”(Peter). Warrants: Discrimination creates tensions among society and conflict arises, like the example given in the film about the…

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