1979 years of Japanese car import large quantities of the United States, led the U.S. auto industry into recession, many auto workers, especially in the local automobile production base in Detroit, the Japanese are very hostile. 1982 was 27-year-old ethnic Chinese automobile drawing engineer Vincent Chin, in the bar and Chrysler dismissed Caucasian father and son (Ronald EbensandMichaelNitz) altercation followed them out to the street after being beaten with a baseball bat and severely wounded, hospital four days later died one .

Vincent Chin's death from every point of view is a typical hate crimes ( hatecrime ) , murderer Ebens in provocative Shihai said: "Because of you these little bastard, we unemployed!" he thought Vincent Chin was Japanese . The first instance, two suspect plea bargain, Judge Kaufman ( JudgeCharles Kaufman )  them from second-degree murder was reduced to manslaughter and was released on parole. American Civil Justice League wrote to protest, Kaufman actually replied: "These people are not the people who were sent to prison, we should not be punished in accordance with offenses, but according to punish prisoners." 1.2. judgment case caused the Chinese community wrath, they believe the motive to kill the suspect Chen nuts purely because of race, color and nationality caused, so spare no effort to bring human rights violations to the Federal Court of Appeal. Finally, because the suspect was drunk and other procedural flaws, Ebens and Nitz They begin with innocence is rendered.

Vincent Chin's mother in 1987 was to suspect pursue civil claims. Nitz was sentenced to compensate five ten thousand yuan, Ebens sentenced to compensate 150 yuan, which is unable to pay, to 1997 years has accumulated arrears of up to 475 million yuan. Vincent Chin's mother hit me because of unbearable later left the United States, returned to place of birth, Guangzhou, and in 2002 was dead.

Although the result of racial hatred Vincent Chin sacrifice, but Asian American solidarity and fight for their rights movement since then boom swing.

California passed Chinese roast duck bill California passed the Chinese Roast Duck Bill

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