 At some point I would correct him, like, you can call me a goop. I'm not a chink. I'm not Chinese. I'm Korean. Get it right. If you're going to be racist, please. Just at least do me that courtesy, sir. Around this time, the Korean presence in L.A. County was growing. By 1990, families like the Parks ran thousands of businesses in majority Black and Latino neighborhoods. Gas stations, liquor stores, beauty supply stores.