Imperial citizens : Koreans and race from Seoul to LA
Nadia Y. Kim (Author)
This study is based on interviews of immigrants in Los Angeles and Koreans in Seoul in an effort to understand how Koreans view race. It was precipitated by the 1992 conflict in Los Angeles between Korean shop owners and members of the Black community. Without attempting to analyze this event, interviews with Korean Americans reflect their responses, both in Los Angeles and Korea. Among her conclusions are that Korean attitudes about race in America were conditioned by early contact with imperialist Americans in their country and the soldiers stationed there. The sense that Black is inferior and White superior was inculcated by media and the treatment given Black members of the U.S. military, according to author. She feels that Korean immigrants and their children are stigmatized by race and a lack of understanding of their culture
Print Book, English, 2008
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 2008
Case studies
xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780804758864, 9780804758871, 0804758867, 0804758875
181599810
Introduction: Imperial Racialization
Ethnonationality, "Race, and Color: The Foundation
Racialization in South Korea, Part I: Koreans and White America
Racialization in South Korea, Part II: Koreans and White-Black America
Navigating the Racial Terrain of Los Angeles and the United States
Korean Americans Walk the Line of Color and Citizenship
Visibly Foreign (and Invisible) Subjects: Battling Prejudice and Racism
Second-Generation "Foreign Model Minorities": Battling Prejudice and Racism
Transnational Feedback: Racial Lessons from Korean America
Postlude