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“There was a lot of frustration, anguish, about what will be the fate of African Americans, will the city provide a humane society for African Americans, particularly working poor African Americans.”
View Brenda E. Stevenson’s exploration on the nature of language surrounding the events in 1992, language, the fate of African Americans in South Los Angeles, African American-Korean American interactions, and the life and legacy of Latasha Harlins.
“One of the great truths about slavery across time and place is that most of the people who have been enslaved [are] women and children, the people we consider most vulnerable in our societies.”
View Brenda E. Stevenson’s interview here.
