This map depicts the sheer multitude of stores demolished and how geographically spread out they were. This just shows how many rioters were active on that one day (Saigu). About 1,867 out of 3,000 buildings destroyed were owned by Korean-Americans (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/lariots/lariots.htm?noredirect=on). When we first began hearing the Korean's side of the story, I was skeptical and a little angry that they weren't on the side of their fellow minorities; but seeing how their livelihoods were destroyed during the riots, I can now see how they would feel more hostility towards the protesters than towards the police. We always heard about the stores that were looted and burned down, but this map helps show just how many lives were affected.
~Nelum R
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