LAist & NPR present 'Inheriting' Episode 1 - Carol & the Los Angeles Uprising: Part 1

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4.2 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2024

⏱️ 46 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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0:00.0	I'm Helen Hong co-host of the trivia podcast go fact to yourself join a Saturday August 17th at the Crawford in Pasadena with guests
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0:13.2	slash Go Fact Yourself.
0:15.0	Unimperfect Paradise.
0:17.0	Why We Villainize Coyotes.
0:19.0	They are smart and cunning.
0:21.0	They are bold and fearless.
0:23.5	And what we actually know about coyotes may surprise you.
0:27.3	Listen to Imperfect Paradise wherever you listen to podcasts. LA's studios.
0:45.0	The year was 1990 and 10 year old Carol Huang Park was fast asleep
0:50.0	when her mom's voice woke her up at way too early o'clock.
0:54.0	Mom was like,
0:55.0	I'm going to go to number one,
0:58.0	she was called a car car car.
0:59.0	I'm going to go to the station,
1:00.0	come with, I'm like, okay.
1:08.0	In the doorway she could see her mom's silhouette, the halo of her 90s perm. The family ran a gas station in Compton, California.
1:11.0	Carol spent her sixth birthday at the grand opening with hot dogs in a
1:14.2	Mariachi band. And now her mom was summoning her at the crack of gone to come with.
1:19.2	You know, and get in the car with her and I'm like, y yay because what I remembered at that point was I go to the station with mom and dad now it's just mom. I get candy
1:29.5	I get soda
1:31.7	Exactly right it's like a little field trip. So I thought, you know, she just had to go do something.
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