LAist & NPR present 'Inheriting' Episode 1 - Carol & the Los Angeles Uprising: Part 1
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Carol Kwang Park was 12 years old, working as a cashier at her family’s gas station in Compton, California, when the 1992 LA Uprising forever changed her life. Her mom was at the gas station that day and Carol was unsure if she’d even make it home. At the time, she didn’t understand why tensions came to a head in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of the officers who beat Rodney King. She also never understood why her mother insisted on keeping the business going, especially after the Uprising. As an adult, a personal crisis prompts Carol to finally start processing that event and her place in history.
Content Warning: This episode contains racial slurs and discusses police brutality.
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| 0:32.2 | energy.com. This is Imperfect Paradise, a weekly show about hidden worlds and messy realities. I'm Antonio |
| 0:39.2 | Serejido. This week, we're sharing with you a new and very special podcast from L.A. Studios and the NPR |
| 0:46.0 | network, Inheriting, a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families that explores how a single |
| 0:52.2 | event can ripple through a family for generations. |
| 0:56.0 | Hosted by Emily Kwong, Inheriting kicks off with the story of Carol Park and the 1992 L.A. |
| 1:01.4 | Uprising. Here's Emily with Inheriting. |
| 1:05.5 | The year was 1990, and 10-year-old Carol Kwong Park was fast asleep when her mom's voice woke her up at way too early o'clock. |
| 1:14.7 | Mom was like, I'm going to go to number one, choose to a car car. I'm going to go to the station. |
| 1:20.7 | Come with. I'm like, okay. |
| 1:23.4 | In the doorway, she could see her mom's silhouette, the halo of her 90s perm. |
| 1:28.3 | The family ran a gas station in Compton, California. |
| 1:31.3 | Carol spent her sixth birthday at the grand opening with hot dogs in a mariachi band. |
| 1:35.3 | And now her mom was summoning her at the crack of Dawn to come with. |
| 1:40.3 | You know, I get in the car with her and like, yay! |
| 1:42.3 | Because what I remembered at that point was I go to the station with mom and dad, now it's just mom. |
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