it differently, many white people condemned the violence as unjustified.Even Rodney King appealed to the rioters to stop the violence. Despite the hostilities in different areas, Korean entrepreneurs are still committedto building successful businesses. By their successes in New York and Los Angeles,tin low-income neighborhoods, they have spearheaded urban renewal.(Articles and Papers, "Why Koreans Succeed" by Heather MacDonald, City Journal,Spring 1995) Koreans have been such a recent addition to the culture and mainstream of the United States, we cannot make general assessments of validity of their contributions to society. All indications appear to indicate they have made, and will continue to make, a positive, inspiring impact, as they continue to integrate oursociety. Large numbers of Korean immigrants came to this country as a result of the Korean War. American armed forces involved in the war, came back to the UnitedStates with wives and children. The larger influx of Korean Americans came after 1965, when a new immigration law was passed. Both groups, hardened by wartime and brutality, were filled with dogged determination to succeed. Overcoming prejudice andmaltreatment, they are a positive addition to our country, which is still the "melting pot" of the world.Before the World War II era, the smallest Asian community to settle in the United States of America was the Korean American community. Between 1903 and 1905, immigration records show some seven thousand Koreans migrated to Hawaii.Hawaii had been annexed to the United States in 1898 and organized as a territory in 1900 A fraction of those immigrants came to the mainland. After 1905, sizable.Korean emigration was all but stopped by Japanese overlords. Tens of thousands of Koreans then went or were brought to Japan, but their descendants are still not granted citizenship and other human rights. The early Korean American community...
