Comments on: “Vincent Who?” – Remembering the Historic Importance of the Vincent Chin Case of 26 Years Ago

By: 8Asians.com » Frank H. Wu is Hastings Law School’s First Asian American Dean

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:24:01 +0000

[...] to the Chronicle, Wu changed his career plans from architecture to law as a teenager in response to the racially motivated murder of Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American man in Detroit in 1982. (Hat tip: Jim at SF [...]

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:16:03 +0000

I saw this in high school, but then again I grew up in the East Bay, so this was a part of blending in and understanding Whitey and his racism. I think it's time I had my son watch it.

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:52:38 +0000

Now I feel like an idiot. Actually, the movie I did find at Blockbuster was Chan is Missing, not Who Killed Vincent Chin. My bad.

I wached the latter when I was an intern at NAPALC, which is now the Asian American Justice Center. Maybe they can help you out.

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:46:39 +0000

Believe it or not, I actually found a copy of Who Killed Vincent Chin at my local Blockbuster, in Providence, Rhode Island, when I was in college. I was shocked (in a good way).

You might want to talk to local colleges or universities, especially one with an Asian American studies department, to see if they have a copy.

Good luck!

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:16:03 +0000

I saw this in high school, but then again I grew up in the East Bay, so this was a part of blending in and understanding Whitey and his racism. I think it's time I had my son watch it.

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:52:38 +0000

Now I feel like an idiot. Actually, the movie I did find at Blockbuster was Chan is Missing, not Who Killed Vincent Chin. My bad.

I wached the latter when I was an intern at NAPALC, which is now the Asian American Justice Center. Maybe they can help you out.

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:39 +0000