“It is time we break the myth of the model minority, and examine the needs of this community without being seen as a monolith, in terms of addressing poverty, mental and physical health,” said Supervisor conniechansf.
Limited access to mental health, especially among seniors, plus a changing attitude toward guns following increased violence against Asian Americans, may have played a role in the mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, experts say.
At a dance hall in Monterey Park , 72-year-old gunman Huu Can Tran fired 42 rounds of ammunition from a high-capacity handgun, killing 11 people between the age of 50 and 80 years old and injuring nine others. Less than two days later, 66-year-old Chunli Zhao opened fire at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, killing seven co-workers in what investigators are now calling “workplace violence.
“It’s both a cultural and a language barrier when it comes to mental health,” said Alan Wong, board president Board of Trustees of the San Francisco City College District, who has successfully pushed for two Cantonese certificates at City College. “Culturally we are taught to just grind through no matter what we are feeling, and in terms of language, when our hospitals and nonprofits try to hire bilingual workers, they couldn’t find any.
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