On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss how the mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay have led to even more anxiety and trauma within the AAPI community.
Between March 2020 and March 2022, there was a massive surge of anti-Asian hate, with over 11,400 reported incidents, according to Stop AAPI Hate.
We'll discuss policy solutions and mental health resources to address this collective trauma.
Guests:
Eddy Zheng, founder and president of the New Breath Foundation, and co-editor of Other: An Asian and Pacific Islander Prisoners’ Anthology
Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, and co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate
Web Resources:
Stop AAPI Hate: Two Years and Thousands of Voices: What Community-Generated Data Tells Us About Anti-AAPI Hate
The Guardian: ‘It perpetuates fear’: Monterey Park shooting compounds trauma in Asian American communities
The Washington Post: $100 repair bill put Half Moon Bay suspect over the edge, prosecutor says
The Washington Post: Half Moon Bay shooting unmasks poor living conditions for farmworkers
Associated Press: Monterey Park, an Asian cultural hub, shaken by shooting
Reckon: Asian Americans are retraumatized in the wake of 2 mass shootings in 3 days
Los Angeles Times: In Monterey Park and now Half Moon Bay, the pain of hearing it’s ‘one of our own’
