In one weekend, 11 Americans lost their lives to racially-motivated gun violence, and for most citizens who were not personally impacted by the shootings, it was business as usual. That day, locals were enjoying an afternoon getting groceries at a supermarket, unaware of the violence that was on its way. Many of the 100 or so members of Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, which rents space at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, are elderly Taiwanese immigrants. I just found out the person killed in the Laguna Woods shooting yesterday was my primary care physician, Dr. John Cheng. Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings: An Asian-American Reckoning, reflected on the violence of the weekend, mentioning the attack on Korean women in Dallas, and the shootings in Buffalo and Laguna Woods, saying that to live in the country is “to be in constant mourning.”

Source: Los Angeles Times May 17, 2022 22:06 UTC