“People forget. It’s been a long time ago. A whole generation has passed. It’s ancient history to them," Zia said.Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing - NBC News
“The Vincent Chin case forced Asian Americans into the civil rights discourse,” Roland Hwang co-founder and former president of American Citizens for Justice told NBC News. “The Vincent Chin case transformed a biracial discussion on race relations to be a multiracial one. So the Vincent Chin case, along with other cases, each serve as a wakeup call to address anti-Asian bias and racial intolerance.”
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing - NBC News
A Vincent Chin Syllabus of sorts--a collection of films and articles to learn more, at NBC Asian America:
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