Category: Rodney King

As a young girl, I was raised in a predominantly black, latino, pacific islander neighborhood in the Bay Area. Growing up in what most people from the community and outside called the hood,’ always left a unsettling taste in my mouth because I understood at a young age that being from the hood was a…

The United States at large was prospering in the decade of the 1990s. This era had a strong economy growth, a boost in job creation, and a booming stock market. The unemployment rate dropped from eight percent in 1992 to four percent at the end of the decade (Census Gov). The average American household income…

In 1992, Los Angeles City experienced one of the worst citizen disturbances, riots. After the Civil Rights Movement many riots exploded in Los Angeles due to police-community relations. After the end of the Civil Rights Movement tension between the African-American, Latin, and Korean communities and the Police force simmered in American cities all across the…