<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; Carol Kwang Park &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt;was 12 years old, working as a cashier at her family’s gas station in Compton, California, when the 1992 LA Uprising forever changed her life. Her mom was at the gas station that day and Carol was unsure if she’d even make it home. At the time, she didn’t understand why tensions came to a head in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of the officers who beat Rodney King. She also never understood why her mother insisted on keeping the business going, especially after the Uprising. As an adult, a personal crisis prompts Carol to finally start processing that event and her place in history. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; Hear more from &lt;em&gt;Inheriting&lt;/em&gt; at &lt;a href= "https://laist.com/podcasts/inheriting"&gt;laist.com/podcasts/inheriting.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;Content Warning: This episode contains racial slurs and discusses police brutality.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Self Evident: Asian America's Stories

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Self Evident Presents: "Carol & The Los Angeles Uprising, Pt 1" (by Inheriting)

JUN 7, 202444 MIN
Self Evident: Asian America's Stories

Self Evident Presents: "Carol & The Los Angeles Uprising, Pt 1" (by Inheriting)

JUN 7, 202444 MIN

Description

Carol Kwang Park was 12 years old, working as a cashier at her family’s gas station in Compton, California, when the 1992 LA Uprising forever changed her life. Her mom was at the gas station that day and Carol was unsure if she’d even make it home. At the time, she didn’t understand why tensions came to a head in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of the officers who beat Rodney King. She also never understood why her mother insisted on keeping the business going, especially after the Uprising. As an adult, a personal crisis prompts Carol to finally start processing that event and her place in history. 

Hear more from Inheriting at laist.com/podcasts/inheriting.

Content Warning: This episode contains racial slurs and discusses police brutality.