Korean Americans’ Responses to John’s Liquor Store Boycott in Los Angeles, 1991
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This essay examines how Korean Americans in Los Angeles responded to John’s Liquor Store boycott in which blacks protested the death of a black customer, Lee Arthur Mitchell, by a Korean immigrant merchant, Tae Sam Park, in his South Central Los Angeles store. While dehumanizing Mitchell as a monster unafraid of gunfire, Korean Americans represented Park as a courageous husband protecting his wife. Seeking public denunciatns of the boycott, Korean Americans made an effort to bring pressure upon Tom Bradley, the first black mayor of Los Angeles, as well as black civil rights leaders. They also formed the Korean American Race Relations Emergency Fund (K.A.R.E.) in which first generation and 1.5/second generation community leaders banded together to support the Korean immigrant merchant. Although the Korean American leaders’ strategy of mobilizing local politicians and civil rights leaders was not successful, this essay argues that it shows Korean Americans were not apolitical spectators, but instead active agents who desperately tried to protect their interests.
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This essay examines how Korean Americans in Los Angeles responded to John’s Liquor Store boycott in which blacks protested the death of a black customer, Lee Arthur Mitchell, by a Korean immigrant merchant, Tae Sam Park, in his South Central Los Angeles store. While dehumanizing Mitchell as a monster unafraid of gunfire, Korean Americans represented Park as a courageous husband protecting his wife. Seeking public denunciatns of the boycott, Korean Americans made an effort to bring pressure upon Tom Bradley, the first black mayor of Los Angeles, as well as black civil rights leaders. They also formed the Korean American Race Relations Emergency Fund (K.A.R.E.) in which first generation and 1.5/second generation community leaders banded together to support the Korean immigrant merchant. Although the Korean American leaders’ strategy of mobilizing local politicians and civil rights leaders was not successful, this essay argues that it shows Korean Americans were not apolitical spectators, but instead active agents who desperately tried to protect their interests.
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