This second stream of Asian immigrants began arriving in the U.S. in more recent decades and has remained largely disconnected from the first stream. It lost much more business and has recovered much more slowly,” said Paul Ong, a UCLA economist and urban planning scholar who researches Asian American issues. AdvertisementSince roughly the 1980s, many more Asian immigrants came from poorer backgrounds, with less education and fewer competitive job skills. Both groups of Asian Americans have recently been targets of surging hate incidents across the country, including verbal abuse and physical harassment and violence. The massage parlors operate on “the fringe” of Korean American society, said one professional who works closely with Asian immigrants in the city.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 02, 2021 14:43 UTC