Racial Killing or Barroom Brawl? Multiple Explanations of the Killing of Vincent Chin

Abstract

In the late 1970s, Asian American leaders began to call attention to what they termed “rising anti-Asian activities.” At a congressional hearing on the impact of the new Asian immigration, an Asian American attorney contended that “today we are witnessing a resurgence of anti-Asian sentiment manifest by growing problems of vandalism, physical attack, and on occasion murder.” 1 In a statement submitted to the US Commission on Civil Rights, US Representative Robert Matsui 2 alerted the commission to the danger of rising anti-Asianism. In a 1988 keynote speech, the founding president of the Asian/Pacific Bar of California similarly warned, “The danger I see in the next decade is the revitalization of anti-Asian hostility”. 3 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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