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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never understood the resentment and anger in DC's black community toward Asians, especially Koreans.  Remember Marion Barry's racist remarks about "dirty" Asian shops?  I thought that a lot of popular opposition in DC to Michelle Rhee was because she was Korean-American, not African American. The irony of course is that off decades after some blacks had burned down practically all of the businesses (mostly black owned) in their neighborhoods, the only folks who took the considerable personal and financial risks of opening stores there were Korean immigrants.[/quote]

These types of comments are what causes distrust of gentrifying whites.  My parent was an accountant for a ton of blackowned businesses that opened after the riots.  Contrary to your thinking many of the businesses at the time of the riots, excluding U Street, were not black-owned.  When the Koreans came in they brought with them their community financing method rather than borrow from banks to finance the businesses as most of the black owned businesses had done.  Once they got one business in a neighborhood, they would charge less than cost for a can of soda or a bag of chips which they could afford to do because they did not employ anyone from the neighborhood or have a bank loan for their business.  They bankrupted these businesses one by one and would have a Korean friend/family member buy the business at a reduced cost because it was becoming known that you would not be able to compete without the commuity financing method that they used in addition to other tactics.  Once they owned the businesses they then jacked back up the costs of the items and still continued not to employ the community residents.  They generally did not pay sales tax to DC either because they did not ring up the sales.  They would use lack of language skills with the regulators which black-owned businesses could not use.  The few black owners that were able to hold-out eventually sold their businesses because the crime went up towards the businesses due to the lack of community employment.  The community for the most part does not rob a business when a couple of their childhood friend's jobs are on the line.  They were the ones that were generally cleaning up and stocking the stores.[/quote]

Wow.

So, the horrible horrible Koreans have been oppressing the poor blacks for decades.

PP, truly you have no shame.

[/quote]  Why should PP be ashamed for explaining how many Korean immigrants financed small businesses?  The post is interesting.  [/quote]

Why? It's biased, racist, and likely wrong.

"They generally did not pay sales tax to DC either because they did not ring up the sales."

Really?[/quote]

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