[lbo-talk] Crime rising...

[Stephen Philion]

Jim S wrote:
That sounds a bit out there to me.  I'm sure if the
police cordoned off white areas first it might have
heigtened the riot on korean areas, but the idea that
there was not interethnic conflict there?  Ever heard
of latasha harlins?  Mike Davis describes the riots as
being one part black rebellion aginst the pd, one part
latino postmodern bread riot, and one part pogrom
against korean business owners.

--Haven't read Davis' book, but the Abelmann and Lie
book was based on pretty extensive interviews with
Koreans in the aftermath of the riots. The one thing
they found was resentment at the way Koreans viewed
the riots since Koreans were rarely the ones speaking
about how Koreans actually viewed the riots. 
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I hear people argue sometimes that conflict between
different groups of people of color doesn't exist,
white people just hype it up.... which seems
pretty wrong to me.  In CA its a massive aspect of the
racial landscape.

--No, that's certainly not what Ablelmann and Lie are
saying, or at least the denial element. Of course
there exists conflict between communities of color and
the Latasha Harlins incident is covered as well by
Abelmann and Lie.  But they did find resentment at the
way that incidents like that were read as 'causing'
the riots in the American media or even that they were
significant in how the riots transpired. 

Steve

Stephen Philion
Assistant Professor
St. Cloud State University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology

http://stephenphilion.efoliomn2.com/

       
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