LA Rising: Korean Relations with Blacks and Latinos after Civil Unrest

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In LA Rising: Korean Relations with Blacks and Latinos after Civil Unrest, Kyeyoung Park revisits the Los Angeles unrest of 1992 and the interethnic and racial tensions that emerged. She examines how structural inequality impacted relations among Koreans, African-Americans, and Latinos. Park explores how race, citizenship, class, and culture were axes of inequality in a multi-tiered "racial cartography" that affected how Los Angeles residents thought about and interacted with each other and were emphasized in the processes of social inequality and conflict. Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments PART I: KOREAN, AFRICAN, AND LATIN AMERICANS IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES Introduction: Theoretical Interpretations of Ethnic Tension 1 The Political Economy of Ethno-Racial Identities in South Los Angeles PART II: BLACK-KOREAN TENSION BEFORE THE UNREST 2 Disentangling “Race and Racism” 3 Culture, Race, and Clash 4 Triangulating Class at the Crossroads of Race and Ethnicity PART III: BLACK, LATINO, AND KOREAN RELATIONS AFTER THE UNREST: HOW RACE AND ETHNICITY HAVE BECOME THE EXPRESSER OF CHANGING CLASS RELATIONS 5 Class Relations of Surveillance 6 Changing the Business Plan: Korean Merchants Try to Reintegrate into the South LA Community 7 Ethnic Tension in the Aftermath: “Rebuilding LA without Liquor Stores” PART IV: CONCLUSION 8 An Analysis of Latino-Korean Relations in the Workplace: Latino Perspectives in the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest 9 The Racial Cartography of Post-Unrest LA References Index About the Author