Vincent Who? showing and "Race in the City" panel discussion at Netroots Nation

Vincent Who? will be shown at Netroots Nation at Cobo Hall on Friday, July 18 at 6:30 pm in room 142-C. A panel will follow to discuss race relations in Detroit, to include the film's producer Curtis Chin; American Citizens for Justice / Asian American Center for Justice's Roland Hwang; Horace Sheffield III from Detroit Association of Black Organizations; Heidi Budaj, executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, Michigan chapter; and Ismael Ahmed representing ACCESS. #nn14

More info on the case at http://RememberingVincentChin.com/

The film and panel discussion are free, but you have to preregister to get in.

Asian Pacific Americans for Progress presents Vincent Chin 30: Standing Up Then and Now A nationwide Google Hangout* with leading civil rights leaders from around the country

all the details about the APAP Google Hangout on June 23 for the 30th Anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin:
apaforprogress.org

Vincent Chin and Simon San: two murders, same indifference | Madam Miaow Says

from UK Blogger Madam Miaow or Anna Chen comparing the murders of Vincent Chin with UK case Simon San at http://madammiaow.blogspot.com:

Vincent Chin and Simon San were born and murdered decades apart on two different continents, but the common factor is the callousness and indifference with which their cases have been dealt with by the investigating police and prosecutors.

Justice is off the menu when it comes to these Chinese deaths. While the police finally admit that an acknowledgment of the racist dimension of Simon's murder by a white mob outside the family-run takeaway in Edinburgh in Scotland would have resulted in stiff sentences, the men have been given 24 months, 26 months and five years for the thug who landed the killer blow that smashed Simon's head against the pavement. As we all know by now, they will walk after serving only a third of that minus remand time. Only one year more than the sentence imposed on the laptop rioters who posted their encouragement of the unrest on Facebook. What is this telling us about values in Britain today?

This insulting sentence echoes the $3,000 fine and three years probation imposed on the white Detroit car-workers, Richard Ebens and Michael Nitz, who beat Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat in front of witnesses one summer evening in 1982. Out on a bachelor party, Vincent was hunted down before finally being cornered in a McDonalds where he was held by Nitz while Ebens pulped his skull with the bat.

Both killings were preceded by racist epithets.

click on link for more: Vincent Chin and Simon San: two murders, same indifference | Madam Miaow Says

'Vincent Who?' goes to Amnesty International UK

Date: Mon 12 September 2011

Sponsored by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress and the Islington Chinese Association.

In 1982, at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments following massive layoffs in the U.S. car industry, a Chinese-American named Vincent Chin was murdered by two white car workers. The killers were given a $3000 fine and 3 years probation. Outraged by this injustice, Asian Americans united for the first time to form a pan-Asian civil rights movement. This film looks back at the historic case, but also asks how far Asian Americans have come since then, including the rise of anti-Asian sentiments directed at South Asians post 9/11.

A post-screening Q&A with writer/producer Curtis Chin aims to highlight the similarities and differences between Asians, both East and South, on both sides of the Atlantic. Co-presenter, Paul Hyu, actor/artistic director. Introduction by Col. Brian Kay OBE TD DL, Chairman of Islington Chinese Association.

Event Type Film
Event venue The Human Rights Action Centre
Time 7pm
Price Free of charge
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