Content deleted Content added
PrestoMoon (talk | contribs) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
m v2.05b - Bot T5 CW#16 - Fix errors for CW project (Unicode control characters - Reference before punctuation) |
||
Line 113:
According to Park (1998), the violence against Korean Americans in 1992 stimulated a new wave of political activism among Korean Americans, but it also split them into two main camps. The "liberals" sought to unite with other minorities in Los Angeles to fight against racial oppression and scapegoating. The "conservatives," emphasized [[law and order (politics)|law and order]] and generally favored the economic and social policies of the Republican Party. The conservatives tended to emphasize the political differences between Koreans and other minorities, specifically blacks and Hispanics.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Park |first=Edward J. W. |title=Competing visions: Political formation of Korean Americans in Los Angeles, 1992-1997 |journal=Amerasia Journal |year=1998 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=41–57 |doi=10.17953/amer.24.1.320208pj23401021 |s2cid=146498339 |url=http://aascpress.metapress.com/content/320208pj23401021/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826231444/http://aascpress.metapress.com/content/320208pj23401021/ |archive-date=2013-08-26}}</ref> Abelmann and Lie, (1997) report that the most profound result was the politicization of Korean Americans, all across the U.S. The younger generation especially realized they had been too uninvolved in American politics, and the riot shifted their political attention from South Korea to conditions in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abelmann |first1=Nancy |last2=Lie |first2=John |title=Blue dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles riots |year=1997 |location=Cambridge |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=0-674-07705-9 |pages=184–185}}</ref>
Also accelerated by the 1992 riots, [[Orange County, California|Orange County's]] Korean population grew from its starting point in [[Koreatown, Garden Grove]]. As of 2020, Orange County had the second largest number of Korean Americans of any county in America, neighboring Los Angeles County has the most, numbering over 229,593.<ref>{{Cite web |last=왕길환 |date=2022-03-18 |title=재미동포 인구 192만명…캘리포니아주에 55만7천여명 거주 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220318039200371 |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=연합뉴스 |language=ko}}</ref>
[[File:Randall_Park_2015.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Actor [[Randall Park]], who since 2015 portrayed [[Eddie Huang]]'s father, Taiwanese-American restaurateur Louis Huang, in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s television show ''[[Fresh Off the Boat]]''.]]
Line 187:
Out of the five Korean Americans elected to the U.S. Congress, only Andy Kim was born in the United States: Jay Kim, Young Kim, Michelle Steel, and Marilyn Strickland were all born in Korea and immigrated, with Strickland having a father in the American military.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stangarone |first=Troy |date=2021-01-12 |title=Meet the Four Korean American Members of the 117th Congress |url=https://keia.org/the-peninsula/meet-the-four-korean-american-members-of-the-117th-congress/ |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=Korea Economic Institute of America |language=en}}</ref>
# [[Andy Kim (politician)|Andy Kim]]: Born on July 12, 1982, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Korean immigrant parents, Andy Kim is the only one among the current Korean American Congress members born in the United States. He has been serving as a member of the Democratic Party representing New Jersey since January 3,
# [[Young Kim]]: Young Kim was born on October 18, 1962, in Incheon, South Korea. She is a Republican Congresswoman representing California's 39th Congressional District, having assumed office on January 3,
# [[Michelle Steel]]: Born in South Korea, Michelle Park Steel is a Republican Congresswoman representing California's 48th Congressional District. She has been serving since January 3,
# [[Marilyn Strickland]]: Marilyn Strickland was born in Seoul, South Korea. She is a Democratic Congresswoman representing Washington's 10th Congressional District and has been in office since January 3, 2021. Strickland is notably the first African-American to represent Washington State at the federal level and the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its
# [[Jay Kim]]: Jay Kim, who served in the past, was born in 1939 in Gyeongseong (now Seoul), South Korea, during the Japanese occupation of Korea. He immigrated to the United States in 1961 and later served as a Republican
==Religion==
| |||