I occasionally met Korean Americans talking like white supremacists looking

down blacks with contempt. They are undoubtedly Trump supporters and

disrespect Obama and Harris.

I think it is because their impression of blacks is not so positive. 
Blacks are living in slums. Muggings and shootings in the city are mostly done by blacks. 

As American citizens, we should at least try to understand why blacks are 

in such a dire condition for a long time. The film is about a black veteran

who was blinded by a white policeman on the way back home in North Carolina. 
I would like to share with you because it is such a moving story and it tells us 

how a few people's courageous acts can leave long-lasting effect on many people's

lives.

In the early days of Korean immigration in the U.S., they depended a lot on black people.

They opened their store in the black area of the town and prospered.

Only after they accumulated good size money, they moved to a nearby suburb,

and then created a Korean town.

In the mid-1960s to 1970s, I saw this happening in all the big towns.

A lot of Korean Americans owe the black a lot in old days and even today.

I think it is true that Korean Americans got their right in American society very easily

without losing their own blood. Indirectly and directly, the blacks did it for us.

Some idiotic Koreans loudly said that they would not vote for Obama because he's black.

It was truly ridiculous and immature for them to say that.

How many of us realize that Obama's presidency helped Koreans a lot,

much more than Trump? Again, we owe the blacks a lot.

I know some moronic Koreans even voted for Trump because they thought they belong to the white.

I will not watch the movie as it will make me very sad and emotional.

Being sad and emotional make me get older faster. I am getting older already

and can't afford to get older even "faster".

My deep sincere apologies to Issac Woodard... God Bless Him even today.

However, I will remind myself that, as John said above, "We are deeply indebted

to civil rights movements by black people as one of the non-white races in this country..." 

N.A.A.C.P gave the story to Orson Welles who was hosting a radio show and Welles 

broadcasted Woodard's story with great empathy. Descent Americans listened to 

his talk and the story spread throughout America. It led to finding the policeman who blinded 

veteran Woodard. He was Lynwood Shull from Batesburg(SC) police department. 

On September 19, 1946, Harry Truman met with Civil Rights Advocates in WH. N.A.A.C.P

lawyer Frankin Wiliams told Truman Woodard's story. He was embarrassed about unthinkable 

injustice that happened in America. He ordered U.S. Attorney General to prosecute Mr. Shull

in Federal Court in S.C.  Judge J. Wates Waring was presiding over the trial.

The prosecutor did not bring either witness or evidence.  Shull acquitted as expected.

He listened to the emotional story from Woodard and he was so moved that he decided to do

something through the judicial system. His wife Elizabeth wept and left the courtroom

after hearing Mr. Woodard on the witness stand. The couple studied racial discrimination

and segregation in America together with discussions and questions at home. 

Mr. Waring was waiting for another civil rights case. On December 5, 1946, Truman ordered

to form Presidential Civil Rights Committee. In June 1947, he attended and made a speech

in the N.A.A.C.P meeting in Lincoln Mall. No President had done it before. "We are all Americans.

There is no justifiable reason for discrimination because of ancestors, religion, race, and color."

Not long after his speech, Mr. El More a black businessman was denied to vote

for the democratic primary in SC. It was the case that Mr. Waring was waiting for.

He was successful to defend Mr. El More and the voting right of Blacks was protected.

And so on. 

The year that Mr. Woodard was blinded was the year that I was born. I appreciate his 

sacrifice, Mr. and Mrs. Waring, and President Truman's work for Civil Rights. It is 

the reason why we Korean Americans enjoy equal rights in America.