[hanamizu]

Reparations. 😕

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Yes East Asians were well known for their deep involvement in the slave trade...

But it is interesting the apparent animosity that many American blacks have towards East Asians. The attacks in S.F. (which local authorities blame on Trump for uttering the words “China virus” to the attacks on Korean businesses in the L.A. riots.

I do understand it to a certain extent. Asians tend to be entrepreneurs or at least seem to have a talent for it. They are willing to take the risks to open business in “sketchy neighborhoods”. They don’t seem willing to accept the “losses” that are traditional in the neighborhood. They watch their customers like hawks, which is resented, and they tend to hire people they trust, like family.

[oldvirginian]

“Asians tend to be entrepreneurs or at least seem to have a talent for it. They are willing to take the risks to open business in “sketchy neighborhoods”.”

In Richmond, VA Koreans bought out all the formerly black owned stores in the sketchy neighborhoods. When I was there there were usually three generations working in the same store. Their businesses thrive because they do the grunt work themselves.
Most of the Koreans I spoke too were pretty nice people and hard working.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Blacks target Asians because they perceive Asians as rich and weak. The “animosity” they display in their violence is the same they show to just about all their victims. Rationalizations about racism and whatnot are just made up on the spot later by the perps or their defenders. They would gladly gang rape and murder one of their own with as much hate and glee.

[Steve_Seattle]

"They are willing to take the risks to open business in “sketchy neighborhoods.”"

There's a scene in "Falling Down" in which the Michael Douglas character goes into an Asian convenience store and has a confrontation with the clerk/owner. The clerk is not portrayed very sympathetically.

I suspect that there's a residual anti-Asian bias even in Hollywood because Asians are seen as representing adherence to traditional American values of hard work and entrepreneurship. I think the anti-Asian bias is probably pretty strong in black neighborhoods because the Asians are passing them by even though many are relative newcomers.