WATCH: This Moving Video Asks, ‘Who Is Vincent Chin?’ | Sojourners

WATCH: This Moving Video Asks, ‘Who Is Vincent Chin?’

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“Who is Vincent Chin?”

That’s the question behind a short video featuring individual interviews with a small group of Asian Americans, and in case you’re stumped, don’t worry — some of them are, too.

“I think it’s unfortunate that a lot of Asian Americans don’t know who Vincent Chin is,” one of the respondents says. Make that even more Americans, of every heritage.

Vincent Chin was a Chinese American man beaten to death outside a bar in 1982. Two white men mistakenly thought he was Japanese and accused him of stealing jobs from the auto industry before beating him with a bat. Chin died from the head injury four days later, and his assailants walked away with a probation and a fine.

The video highlights the importance of Chin's death as a mobilizer for some Asian American communities, while the stumped silence of others exposes ongoing challenges for those speaking up against racism. 

"Who is Vincent Chin?" is part of a five-episode series from NBC Asian America called “Voices,” which will publish a new video every Tuesday in May. You can follow “Voices” and other videos from NBC Asian America here.

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