Inter-Ethnic Conflict

Question 1

Rodney King

Answer 1

Beaten by four LAPD officers
Officers were acquitted and sparked riots
Two officers were charged

Question 2

Social contagion

Answer 2

Young men without options and other for fun and profit

Question 3

Black Protest

Answer 3

Demean Latinos and target Asians

Question 4

Balkanization

Answer 4

blacks were displaced by Latinos and alienated by Koreans

Question 5

Lesson

Answer 5

Globalization leads to high unemployment and deteriorates social and economic infrastructure
Marginalized peoples feel the wrath of the disenfranchised

Question 6

Black animosity against Koreans

Answer 6

Jealousy of prosperity
Asians shops in Black neighborhoods that they don’t contribute in
1991 Latasha Harlins
Racism and lack of cultural uderstandings

Question 7

Korean POV

Answer 7

Media plays up armed Koreans and interracial conflict

LAPD protected white neighborhoods, businesses, investments but not Koreans’.

Question 8

Post-riot

Answer 8

KA protest
Korean vets formed anti-crime patrol
Rebuild Korea town
Community leaders met with politicians and formed 4.29 Riot Victims Assoc.
Orgs are accused of skimming
Disagree over who eligible for donations and disagree over long-term community org support

Question 9

Generational Differences

Answer 9

First gen-blame rioters and take Korean identity for granted
KA-blame police and media; rediscover ethnic identity
Realized they may not considered full Americans and easily lose wealth

Question 10

Political Consciousness

Answer 10

Koreans become citizens, vote more, more attention to American politics
Organize along ethnic lines to protect rights and promote interests

Question 11

‘92 LA Riots

Answer 11

White flight from downtown LA led to poverty and racial isolation
Symbolic racism by conservative politicians
LAPD racism and hard on crime policy
National televised verdict, non-blacks looting and crime, all races condemn police, increase Black/Asian tensions