Invisibility fuels stereotypes about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, who are viewed by many as kung fu (or kung flu) masters or not thought of at all.
have become so assimilated integrated into the whit culture of america, that it only a critical situation, a tipping point when people ar murdered or in this shooting for example, in atlanta, when an 18 year ol girl on a bus is stabbed repeatedly in the head by woman who said, i want one les chinese person in this country she s not even chinese or shoved off of the subwa platform is it only becoming critical i the status, when this happens, because i have to be hones with, you i don t see th continuing dialogue after that happens. there is outrage, people are talking about stop aapi hate and then it just goes away i m a very strong opinion about this i actually don t believe in th stereotype that asian women ar quiet. my grandma wasn t quiet, she was a freedom fighter, she fought against the frenc colonists in vietnam
and that i understand that he also met his ex-wife there, however, again, we may never know what was the motivation that prompted him to commit such a violent and heinous act. and then, you know, to proceed to repeat it again in our neighbors in alhambra to the north. as we re learning about this story for so many people this may be their first introduction to monterey park, so many people in this country may have never been there, don t live in southern california. i have been struck by how important this dance hall is to the community and the role that it plays specifically for so many older residents. in fact, there was an aarp study, a survey last spring which i m sure you are familiar with in partnership with stop aapi hate and found older americans were feeling so much less safe, a lot had come out of the isolation of covid-19, the spike in anti-asian hate but one of the recommendations in that
between march 2020 and march 2022, more than 11,000 hate incidents against asian americans were reported across the u.s. according to reports by stop aapi hate this attack, irrespective of the specific or interconnected motive, comes at a time when we are cresting off a record for anti-asian hate crimes. reporter: this shooting is the deadliest in america since last year s massacre at uvalde elementary school, which killed 21. there have been 33 mass shootings so far in just the first three weeks of 2023, according to the gun violence archives. this is a time to be with family, to celebrate. and yet, this tore a hole through all of our hearts reporter: tonight, one town feeling familiar heartbreak now shared by so many communities across america. kathy park is with me now, where the streets are really eerily quiet, kathy. reporter: yeah, in the wake of what s happened, officials felt it was only
have been interpersonal violence involved here, maybe issues of domestic violence. we know it s gun violence. so all of those really have come together in what s happened. so we need long-term solutions. congresswoman said last night during the press conference, is there any his stris of domestic abuse. i was surprised she brought that up, but that s important. right. we need to know what happened so that we can ensure it doesn t happen again, right? so we can provide the resources that the community needs. let me just share that, you know, as part of stop aapi hate and the aapi equity alliance, we have 40-plus coalition member organizations. they are on the ground right now providing mental health services, legal assistance. there s now a gofundme page for folks who want to provide help directly to victims and