Asian Majority

Although this is from a while back, I wonder if this would play out that much differently today.

Back in June 19, 1982, Vincent Chin was murdered on the night of his bachelor party by Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz. This hate crime not only exposed the hatred towards Asians but the ignorance of the attackers as they were targeting Vincent for taking their auto jobs even though he isn’t even Japanese. They originally got into a scuffle, and Ebens and Nitz later hunted Vincent down and bashed his skull with a baseball bat.

The really infuriating thing though is that the murderers never spent any jail time. They were charged with and plead guilty to manslaughter. This came with a 3 year probation and a fine of $3,000?!?!? You think this is the ruling that two Asians would have received if they killed a Caucasian?

We have definitely made some progress since then, but I wonder how much. And no matter what, it isn’t enough yet.

Here’s a story: http://www.asianweek.com/061397/feature.html

Also, to learn more: Chin was the subject of an 1989 Academy Award-nominated documentary by Renee Tajima and Christine Choy called Who Killed Vincent Chin.

Let’s not forget.

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