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The Killing of Vincent Chin

22/06/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Killing of Vincent Chin

The movement sparked by the brutal murder of a Chinese-American by 2 white men.

In June 1982 a a young Chinese-American man was murderd by two white men. The lenient sentences the killers received sparked an Asian-American movement with protests across the US

In June 1982 a young Chinese-American engineer was murdered with a baseball bat by two white men in the US city of Detroit. The lenient sentences the perpetrators received sparked an Asian-American activist movement with protests across the US. At the time America was going through an economic depression and many were blaming Japan which was perceived to be flooding the US with its cars. For Asian-Americans it was a time of fear.  Farhana Haider has been speaking to Helen Zia, one of the activists leading the fight for justice.

(Photo: Helen Zia addressing a 10th anniversary commemoration event New York City, 1992. Credit: Helen Zia)

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