Opinion: Anger turned to shame and, at first, silence as we learned the mass shootings in California were Asian-on-Asian crime. But that's not the way forward.
For decades, Monterey Park has been a haven for Asian immigrants seeking to maintain a strong cultural identity — and a culinary heaven worth visiting for anybody near Los Angeles craving authentic Asian cuisine. Two of these deadliest shootings, in Monterey Park, Calif., on Jan. 21, and two days later, in Half Moon Bay, Calif., involved a majority of victims of Asian descent.
The prior day, my text chain with my best friend, who is also Chinese American, was us reminding each other of all the Lunar New Year taboos. While we don’t consider ourselves particularly “traditional,” it was ingrained since our childhood that our actions, down to when to wash our hair, would affect our luck in the coming year.
Further conflicted, the Lunar New Year shuns any talk of death or killing. Again, a bad omen for the year to come.Gun violence is a pandemic. Let's act like it
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