Yeah, no. I already know the history of the event. I'm not going to let those racists at huff-post try to link White Supremacy to gun ownership, or try to draw some bullshit parallel between people defending their community and some dumb fuck getting paralyzed after trying to pull a weapon on a cop trying to prevent a kidnapping or enforce a restraining order.
Here's the actual history for anyone who values it:
LA had some bad days back in '92, and Koreatown realized quick fast and in a hurry that the authorities either couldn't protect them, or didn't care enough to try. So this migrant community did the proper thing, and took up arms to defend their lives and livelihoods. They were so effective, that Koreatown even became known as a safe place for anyone who wasn't looking for trouble during the violence to duck into and be protected by fellow citizens where the government and the law failed. To this day, Rooftop Koreans are idols to lawful gun owners, libertarians, and patriots.
It's also funny how the article ascribes the issue to racism and is trying to reframe the entire story on how white people liking Rooftop Koreans, or Asians in general, as racist. And then quoting from anti-white racists about how dangerous it is to be friendly with or admired by white people.
“What we see here are white supremacists using ‘rooftop Koreans’ images and video to justify their own position,” said Edward T. Chang, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside, and the director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at the university.
“This has potentially very damaging consequences to incite racial division and hatred between Korean Americans and other communities of color, particularly African American communities,” he said. “It speaks to a common divide and control strategy perpetuated by white supremacists.”
The “roof Korean” meme also forces Asian Americans to reckon with anti-Blackness in the community.
The fact that the meme has been shared or defended by some Asian Americans underscores an important truth: Racial minorities can be and often are racist against other racial minorities ― and in many Asian American families, anti-Blackness sentiment runs deep. (One of the Minneapolis police officers who stood by last month as Derek Chauvin pressed his knee down on George Floyd’s neck is Asian American, which has sparked a heated debate in the community about how Asians benefit from their proximity to whiteness.)
Racial resentment and distrust are bound to spring from that, as they did in Koreatown in 1992, when many Black patrons of Korean American businesses believed shop owners were funneling money out of the community and never putting anything back in.
When used by right-wing extremists, the “roof Korean” meme is meant to drive a wedge between Black and Korean communities, said Wendy Sung, an assistant professor of critical media studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
“The ‘roof Korean or Asian’ can be historically situated within a pattern of touting Asian Americans as both a proxy for whiteness and as a racial weapon against Black claims of racial inequity,” she said.
“As Asians, we have our own work to do within our own communities, which starts with decolonizing ourselves from white supremacy and healing from its effects,” Yang said.
“But while we do that, we must support Black lives and we must protect Black bodies. We must be in solidarity with our Black and brown siblings,” he said. “Yellow Peril must support Black lives.”
Just read the article yourself y'all to find out what famous left out and/or twisted. Or just trust his judgment and neutrality *lol*. Ask yourself why he didn't mention the fact that neighbour quarters were protected by the police. Why did Beverly Hills residents not seek protection by these Korean militias?
Denying the existence of racism doesn't make it disappear.
Better idea, instead of listening to racists talk about how terrible white people are and trying to rewrite history to make any racial group the bad guy, why not just look at the whole event? From the dozens of deaths, thousands of injuries, widespread looting accross several neighborhoods, and maybe even the federalization of the authorities or the plight of a couple of truck drivers who didn't have dick to do with anything.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots
Racism doesn't beat racism, you know. And who are the racists? The people who admire the Rooftop Koreans, or the people actively trying to drive a wedge between Asians and Whites?
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Haven't you read that article or do you agree with me?
[quote] As the riots spread, roads between Koreatown and wealthy white neighborhoods were blocked off by police and official defense lines were set up around the independent cities such as Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, as well as middle-upper class white neighborhoods West of Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles. A Korean-American resident later told reporters: "It was containment. The police cut off Koreatown traffic, while we were trapped on the other side without help. Those roads are a gateway to a richer neighborhood. It can't be denied." Some Koreans later said they did not expect law enforcement to come to their aid. [/quote]
Again: their rich, white neighbours had another citizen-experience. Ever wondered why? Who's driving wedges here, Wikipedia?
Why? You tell me.
Is it because LAPD were unconcerned, understaffed, outgunned and outnumbered, corrupt, lazy, scared?
Or is it because whitey is evil?
That's the difference between us. You're blaming a race and trying to pit them against one another.
I'm trying to keep the tactical situation in mind while questioning the organization itself. And all the while, I'm wholeheartedly supporting the right to defend oneself and their community as well as the people who were forced to rely on it where authorities failed.
Speaking of tactical situation, was the violence funneled into Koreatown? Or did it get there itself? The man used the word "containment". Now I can only speak as a soldier, but when outnumbered and in hostile territory, I would try to contain the violence where it is, while waiting on a plan or enough manpower to have fire superiority. Dead soldiers, or cops or medics or EMTs can't help anyone.
Did you know rioters were shooting at firefighters and paramedics, too? Even tried to kill soldiers after the violence began to die down. Seriously, who the fuck shoots firefighters?
Not to distract from the issue, just didn't want anyone losing sight of the forest for the tree.
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Fuck your strawman bullshit. I'm not blaming a race, I'm blaming a SYSTEM. People of ALL races loose with the current system, just very few profit. And yes, this is basically about CRT which to you is apparently like garlic to a vampire. And fuck your red herrings, too. My job is done here, people can get information from the sources above and don't have to take your oblivious twisted bullshit for granted.
Toodle-oo <3
Did I... did I kill CRT without even trying? By just... talking through the issue and keeping the entire situation in mind?
Huh. Neat.
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No, you just don't have a faint idea what CRT is and haven't even tried to grasp it because a number of right wing pundits told you how CRT means "hate white people". Which apparently is good enough for you to reject the theory in whole. Now go back to sleep.
Oh? I don't know what Critical Theory and it's racist derivative are? Please enlighten me. Especially on how it connects to the Huffpost's racist drivel.
Here's the actual history for anyone who values it:
LA had some bad days back in '92, and Koreatown realized quick fast and in a hurry that the authorities either couldn't protect them, or didn't care enough to try. So this migrant community did the proper thing, and took up arms to defend their lives and livelihoods. They were so effective, that Koreatown even became known as a safe place for anyone who wasn't looking for trouble during the violence to duck into and be protected by fellow citizens where the government and the law failed. To this day, Rooftop Koreans are idols to lawful gun owners, libertarians, and patriots.
“This has potentially very damaging consequences to incite racial division and hatred between Korean Americans and other communities of color, particularly African American communities,” he said. “It speaks to a common divide and control strategy perpetuated by white supremacists.”
The fact that the meme has been shared or defended by some Asian Americans underscores an important truth: Racial minorities can be and often are racist against other racial minorities ― and in many Asian American families, anti-Blackness sentiment runs deep. (One of the Minneapolis police officers who stood by last month as Derek Chauvin pressed his knee down on George Floyd’s neck is Asian American, which has sparked a heated debate in the community about how Asians benefit from their proximity to whiteness.)
When used by right-wing extremists, the “roof Korean” meme is meant to drive a wedge between Black and Korean communities, said Wendy Sung, an assistant professor of critical media studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
“The ‘roof Korean or Asian’ can be historically situated within a pattern of touting Asian Americans as both a proxy for whiteness and as a racial weapon against Black claims of racial inequity,” she said.
“But while we do that, we must support Black lives and we must protect Black bodies. We must be in solidarity with our Black and brown siblings,” he said. “Yellow Peril must support Black lives.”
Denying the existence of racism doesn't make it disappear.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots
Racism doesn't beat racism, you know. And who are the racists? The people who admire the Rooftop Koreans, or the people actively trying to drive a wedge between Asians and Whites?
[quote] As the riots spread, roads between Koreatown and wealthy white neighborhoods were blocked off by police and official defense lines were set up around the independent cities such as Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, as well as middle-upper class white neighborhoods West of Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles. A Korean-American resident later told reporters: "It was containment. The police cut off Koreatown traffic, while we were trapped on the other side without help. Those roads are a gateway to a richer neighborhood. It can't be denied." Some Koreans later said they did not expect law enforcement to come to their aid. [/quote]
Again: their rich, white neighbours had another citizen-experience. Ever wondered why? Who's driving wedges here, Wikipedia?
Is it because LAPD were unconcerned, understaffed, outgunned and outnumbered, corrupt, lazy, scared?
Or is it because whitey is evil?
That's the difference between us. You're blaming a race and trying to pit them against one another.
I'm trying to keep the tactical situation in mind while questioning the organization itself. And all the while, I'm wholeheartedly supporting the right to defend oneself and their community as well as the people who were forced to rely on it where authorities failed.
Did you know rioters were shooting at firefighters and paramedics, too? Even tried to kill soldiers after the violence began to die down. Seriously, who the fuck shoots firefighters?
Toodle-oo <3
Huh. Neat.