Examining Asian American civil rights 40 years after Vincent Chin's murder. #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate #AAPI

June marks 40 years since the brutal death of Vincent Chin.

The 27-year-old was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two men, who were fined $3,000 and received no jail time. His death sparked calls for justice and a national movement among Asian Americans. Author Min Jin Lee, a writer-in-residence at Amherst College, joins Amna Nawaz for more on his death and Asian American identity today.

Vincent Chin was beaten to death by men motivated by anti-Asian hate 40 years ago today. The killers received no jail time—an injustice that helped spark the AAPI civil rights movement. As we remember Vincent today, we must recommit to standing against hate in all forms.

— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) June 23, 2022

Forty years later, the killing of Vincent Chin remains a definitive turning point for Asian Americans. What do we want from his story, and the people who tell it? https://t.co/IpwzWcmBYP

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 23, 2022

wrote about the late Vincent Chin, Asian American origin stories, and why his killing remains such a powerful, resonant touchstone forty years later
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— hua hsu (@huahsu) June 24, 2022

How the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, a young Chinese-American engineer, sparked a civil rights movement

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— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) June 23, 2022

40 years ago, Vincent Chin died after being beaten by two white men who blamed Japanese auto companies for their problems.

We honor his memory by pushing to #StopAAPIHate and, as I spoke during session, to teach about Vincent’s life and the racism leading to his murder. pic.twitter.com/mL8X0CpuwL

— Kathy Tran (@KathyKLTran) June 23, 2022

Killing of Vincent Chin

Vincent Jen Chin (Chinese: 陳果仁; May 18, 1955 – June 23, 1982) was a Chinese American draftsman who was killed in a racially motivated assault^[2][3] by two white men, Chrysler plant supervisor Ronald Ebens and his stepson, laid-off autoworker Michael Nitz. Ebens and Nitz assailed Chin following a brawl that took place at a strip club in Highland Park, Michigan, where Chin had been celebrating his bachelor party with friends in advance of his upcoming wedding. They apparently assumed Chin was Japanese and witnesses described them using racial slurs as they attacked him, ultimately beating him to death. Ebens and Nitz blamed Chin for the success of Japan's auto industry.