Hyepin Im Reflects on the Korean American Community 20 Years After the LA Riots

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There's a lot of soul searching going on in Los Angeles as we approach the 20th anniversary of the LA riots.

It's a time that brought devastation to many Koreans living here as some rioters unleashed their anger on Korean shop owners.

Hyepin Im is the president and ceo of Korean Churches for Community Development, an organization that works to build the capacities of Korean churches and nonprofits and fuel economic development. She spoke with me about the high language barriers and rates of poverty among Koreans in California and also about how the community's recovery has progressed over the past 20 years. She also said there is more that communities of color have in common than many assume.