40th Anniversary Vincent Chin 陳果仁命案將滿四十年
On June 19, 1982, a Chinese American man named Vincent Chin went with friends to a strip club in Detroit to celebrate his upcoming wedding. That night, two white men who apparently thought Chin was Japanese beat him to death. At the killers’ trial, the men each received a $3,000 fine and zero prison time. The light sentencing sparked national outrage and fueled a movement for pan-Asian American rights...
1982年6月19日晚上,美籍華人陳果仁(Vincent Chin)在底密西根州特律市被兩名白人男子以棒球棒毆打,幾天後陳果仁死亡,兇手事後連一天都沒有服刑,其行爲後果只是幾千美元的罰款。這件涉及種族仇恨的命案和其結果引來全美以華裔為主的廣大亞裔人士的強烈抗議,間接促成全美國亞裔民權意識的抬頭。... |