Reverend Tom Choi is a minister at the Westwood Presbyterian Church. In his interview, he recalls going to South Central Los Angeles to help clean up in the aftermath of the riots. In response to criticism he’d heard about Korean Americans not patronizing Black-owned businesses in the neighborhood, he decided to stop by a Black-owned restaurant for lunch. Choi was surprised to find that the people there greeted him with respect and dignity, and as one of their own rather than as an outsider. The experience made Choi rethink the media’s recent outcry over “these people that quote unquote / were supposed to be hostile.” In reality, Choi felt nothing but warmth from the Black community.
Reverend Tom Choi Quotes in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
The Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Tom Choi or refer to Reverend Tom Choi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I Remember Going…
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After a couple of days
I stopped wearing the collar
and I realize that if there’s any protection I needed
it was just whatever love I had in my heart to share with people that
proved to be enough,
the love that God has taught me to share.
That is what came out in the end for me.
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Reverend Tom Choi Quotes in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
The Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Tom Choi or refer to Reverend Tom Choi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I Remember Going…
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After a couple of days
I stopped wearing the collar
and I realize that if there’s any protection I needed
it was just whatever love I had in my heart to share with people that
proved to be enough,
the love that God has taught me to share.
That is what came out in the end for me.
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