Since the 1992 Los Angeles riots, Koreatown has become increasingly
fractured by intergenerational conflict, class polarization, and
suburban flight. In the face of these struggles, community
organizations can provide centralized resources and infrastructure
to foster an ethnic consciousness and political solidarity among
Korean Americans. This book analyzes the role of ethnic
community-based organizations and the dynamics of contemporary
Korean American politics. Drawing on two case studies, the author
identifies diverse ways in which community-based organizations
negotiate their political agendas and mainstream ties within the
traditional ethnic power structures. One organization promotes
middle-class ethnic goals through accommodation to immigrant
leaders, while the other emphasizes social justice through
alliances with outside interest groups. Both cases challenge the
traditional assumption that assimilation undermines ethnicity as a
meaningful framework for political identity and solidarity in
immigrant groups. Legacies of Struggle reveals how community-based
organizations create innovative spaces for political participation
among new generations of Korean Americans.
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