JACL Detroit- Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication
Detroit MI, United StatesIn June 1982, a Chinese American man by the name of Vincent Chin was targeted and brutally attacked in Highland Park, Michigan. Witnesses reported hearing his attackers shout, "It's because of you we're out of work!"--a reference to the economic downturn in the 1970s and 80s that hit the Motor City hard, coupled with competition …