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To: Road Walker who wrote (253782)	10/5/2005 1:59:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571935

re: Trust me when I say they had time to be pleasant to their white clientele. I wonder why Ten isn't labeling you a racist and hate monger for even suggesting there is a Korean stereotype. You must be more diplomatic than I am. I guess I'm just not PC enough for Ten... then again, isn't he railing against racial PC? I'm confused. He knows I am speaking the truth because I am speaking from experience and because I am part of the white clientele to whom the Koreans were very nice. LA's a tough town.....much tougher than people realize. The Korean stores served the black community. Typically, the stores were very mom and pop and very small and dingy with bare floors, cramped shelving, hard core fluorescent lighting, bare walls and product that was marked up considerably from what you pay at supermarkets. It was not unusual to see arguments between Koreans and their black clientele. Whenever a black entered a store, the Korean showowner typically would be en garde. And for good reason. Blacks frequently shoplifted when they came into those stores, and on other occasions, would try and rob the Koreans' cash registers. Relations between the two groups were always tense. Its what I was saying earlier.......the politics of poverty are not pretty. These are stores that most white people wouldn't be caught dead in. And they reflect what's typical of a black neighborhood. For the blacks, one's survival is often in question. That's why I found it amusing when people were up in arms about the looting in NO. I certainly don't condone the looting but the shocked reaction of some tells me that those people have no understanding of how desperate things are in the barrio. It is the kind of desperation that causes revolts. Its about survival and most white people are no where near the edge on which many black people live every day. I lived in an LA barrio when I first moved there, and I hated it. It colored the way I felt.........every thing seemed dirty and decrepit. There is a level of negativity that is very hard to quantify. To break out of it is very difficult and takes all the capability and discipline a person can muster. That's why I would like to see AA continued. Everything that we can do to lift the black underclass needs to be done IMO. ted