article_snippet.sent: But while reports say that during the chaotic social breakdowns of the past year, black-owned businesses were mostly protected during bouts of violence, there's little evidence to suggest a pattern in which Asian businesses have been actively targeted out of racial animus.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, it seems as if Asian-owned stores have experienced damage partly because Asian-owned stores make up a portion of establishments operating in the most economically vulnerable and socially volatile of neighborhoods.
article_snippet.sent: In other words, Asian-owned stores have experienced damage partly because they make up a portion of establishments operating in the most economically vulnerable and socially volatile of neighborhoods were collateral damage, along with other stores in the vicinity of riots.
article_snippet.sent: There were then -- and still are -- legitimate issues that exist between immigrant storeowners and the largely African American customers they serve that are rooted in extensive cultural differences.
article_snippet.sent: Stores once operated by recent Korean immigrants are now owned by strivers from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jeff Yang says there's no pattern of African Americans "targeting Asian-owned businesses for destruction" 