Korean and Black American relations past and present
Korean and Black American relations past and present
- May 2, 2022
- Claire Jean Kim, poli sci and Asian American studies, WNYC, May 2, 2022 (Audio)
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The acquittal of 4 police officers who brutally beat Rodney King in 1992 triggered the destruction of Korean-owned businesses and violence directed toward Korean Americans living in South Central Los Angeles. Claire Jean Kim, professor of political science and Asian-American studies at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World, joins us to discuss the racial tensions that already existed between Black and Korean Americans and how structural racism pits Asians and Black Americans against each other.
For the full story, please visit https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/korean-and-black-american-relations-past-and-present.
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