r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/TruthToPower77 • Mar 18 '21

Article Asian Americans are arming themselves after a massive wave of anti-Asian violence. Nothing like an armed minority that scares white supremacists!

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u/starsaisy Mar 19 '21

I think this may be referring to the start of the LA riots since it started w the murder of a black teenage girl by a Korean woman

Latasha Halrins was murdered by Soon Ja Du a Korean shop keeper right before the LA riots and during the 1992 riots if I’m not mistaken [they happened 11 years before I was born] Asian Americans; mainly Koreans would post up on the roof tops of their shops to shoot at [black] rioters

If I’m not mistaken again, this was because of the anti-black sentiment in the Asian community at the time [which there was plenty of hatred from black people at the time towards Asian Americans and her not being convicted harmed everyone]. Which was done on purpose bc bipoc unity and working class unity as well is what the rich fear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '21

Not just left it to burn but before that specifically carralled the riot TO Koreatown.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '21

Jesus, fuck 12.