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Rooftop Koreans or Roof Koreans refer to the Korean American business owners and residents during the 1992 Los Angeles riots who armed themselves and took to the rooftops of local businesses to defend themselves.
The Los Angeles mayor's office estimated that 65 percent of all businesses vandalized during the riots were Korean-owned. [26] [27] [28] On August 17, 1991, while Du was awaiting trial, a small fire occurred at her store. [29] During the 1992 riots, Du's store was looted and burned down; it never reopened.
Tensions between African American and Korean American communities in major U.S. cities gained national attention in the 1980s and 1990s, marked by events such as the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the Family Red Apple boycott in New York. In response, organizations such as the Black–Korean Alliance emerged to alleviate tension and improve ...
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots on April 29, Korean American and Black community leaders are planning a series of unity events to
The Black-Korean conflict was an enduring storyline during the violence that erupted in 1992 after four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King. It was a palatable ...
As columns of smoke from torched liquor stores thinned and broken glass was swept away, Angela Oh remembered suddenly finding herself in the spotlight.
The 1992 Los Angeles riots were partially motivated by Anti-Korean sentiment among African Americans, [42] and famously lead to the rise of the phrase "roof Koreans" or "rooftop Koreans". [43] [44] A year before the riots, on March 16, 1991, Korean American store owner Soon Ja Du fatally shot 15-year-old African American Latasha Harlins.
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