In 1992, Korean liquor store owner Soon Ja Du shot and murdered 15 year old Black girl, Latasha Harlins, wrongfully suspecting her of stealing a bottle of orange juice in South Central, Los Angeles. There was little to no retribution for her death.

At Skid Row People’s Market, we recognize and acknowledge this injustice. The conflicted history of Korean store owners in poor Black neighborhoods and the prevalence of anti-blackness in the Korean American community. We also recognize and speak out about poverty and systems of oppression in this country, so often pitting minority groups against one another.

“Reparations are heartfelt financial apologies to survivors of violence that don’t always feel good to investors, predators, colonizers, and the company they keep and employ” (Darsha Elena Campos, phd).

Here, Black and Korean people work together towards healthy relations through working and living together, modeling what intergenerational and interracial healing can be like, what solidarity and just business can be like. We are a work in progress. #Solidarity #SkidRowPeoplesMarket

*Funds generated are reinvested into creation of local jobs, healthy food access and community development.