Black and Korean American leaders on Tuesday announced plans to hold a joint event on April 29. That’s the anniversary of the acquittal of four officers accused of beating Rodney King. That verdict set off days of unrest and violence.
, a 15-year-old Black girl who was fatally shot by a Korean shopkeeper who suspected her of shoplifting.
Joe said the media fanned the flames of racial conflict at the time by framing stories in a way that pitted the two communities against each other. She said she sees history being repeated today in the coverage of anti-Asian attacks. Orlando Martinez, the hate crime coordinator at the Los Angeles Police Department, said anti-Asian attacks have been carried out by a combination of Latino, Black and white suspects.
One of the co-emcees will be Alexandra Reid, a former member of the South Korean girl group BP Rania. Reid, who is known as the first Black idol in K-pop, expressed her affinity for the Korean community at Tuesday's event.
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