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发帖数: 3497 | 1 The tone for the event had to be just right solemn but powerful, backward-
glancing, but forward-moving. For more than two hours, in the cramped
suburban office of a group called American Citizens for Justice, a gathering
of mostly Asian-American college students mulled over programs and speakers
, buttons and T-shirts to make their message resonate.
They were preparing to commemorate the day 20 years ago on June 19 that
Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American, was beaten to death by two auto workers
who apparently believed he was Japanese.
The killing, in the midst of a recession linked, in part, to the Japanese
auto industry, sparked widespread protest and a grassroots expansion of an
Asian-American political movement that began on college campuses in the 1960
's. The collective outrage led to a broadening of laws and attitudes
regarding civil rights and hate crimes.
Two decades later, many Asian-Americans say they face a continuing struggle
to be seen and heard in a nation that still views race issues largely in
terms of black and white.
Persistent stereotypes, like the ''perpetual foreigner'' with questionable
allegiances or the ''model minority'' taking over academic and professional
institutions, foster a social and political climate as potentially dangerous
, activists say, as the one that led to Vincent Chin's death.
This year, remembrances like the one here -- which includes an all-day civil
rights ''teach-in'' and a screening of the 1989 documentary ''Who Killed
Vincent Chin?'' -- are planned in cities across the country, including New
York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Organizers say the commemorations are especially important now, with anti-
foreign sentiment running high after Sept. 11 and many United States
citizens under suspicion because of their ethnicity. But for Asian-Americans
the vigils also offer a chance for personal reflection.
''The tragedy marked our political coming of age,'' said Helen Zia, a writer
who helped found American Citizens for Justice in response to the Chin
killing. ''But we also need to consider where we go from here.''
The initial response to the death of Mr. Chin, in many ways, reflected the
relative invisibility of Asian-Americans as a political force in 1982. Mr.
Chin met his assailants, Ronald Ebens, a supervisor at Chrysler, and his
stepson Michael Nitz, who had recently been laid off, at a strip club in
Highland Park, a small blue-collar city surrounded by Detroit, where Mr.
Chin was having his bachelor party.
A dispute started inside the club about a stripper. Then a dancer heard Mr.
Ebens hurl profanities at Mr. Chin, blaming him for the loss of American
jobs. Moments later, according to court documents, Mr. Ebens and Mr. Nitz
chased Mr. Chin down the street and crushed his skull with a Louisville
Slugger. | f*******u
发帖数: 55 | 2 听听今天早晨纪念Vincent的节目吧。 是NPR Story Corps的节目吧。很感动。 愿
Vincent在天堂安息。
让我们为美国亚裔民权进步而努力吧。
His Life Cut Short, Vincent Chin Is Remembered For What Might Have Been
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/23/533977175/his-life-cut-short-vincent-chin-is-remembered-for-what-might-have-been | c********e
发帖数: 4283 | 3 35, not 25
gathering
speakers
【在 d***e 的大作中提到】
: The tone for the event had to be just right solemn but powerful, backward-
: glancing, but forward-moving. For more than two hours, in the cramped
: suburban office of a group called American Citizens for Justice, a gathering
: of mostly Asian-American college students mulled over programs and speakers
: , buttons and T-shirts to make their message resonate.
: They were preparing to commemorate the day 20 years ago on June 19 that
: Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American, was beaten to death by two auto workers
: who apparently believed he was Japanese.
: The killing, in the midst of a recession linked, in part, to the Japanese
: auto industry, sparked widespread protest and a grassroots expansion of an
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