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January 09, 2007
Documentary Showing of "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"
In anticipation of next week's MLK Day Speaker Helen Zia, the University Library Diversity Committee is hosting a showing of the award winning documentary "Who Killed Vincent Chin?". Helen Zia's work on the 1980s Asian American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence was documented in this video.
Date: Wednesday, January 10th
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: "Common" area on the first floor of the School of Social Work
Date: Friday, January 12th
Time: 12:15 pm
Location: Classroom 319 - Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (South off the Diag)
The video covers the story of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American mistaked for Japanese, who was murdered in 1982 in Detroit by two Caucasian autoworkers during a period when U.S. auto manufacturing jobs were being lost to Japan. Last night, the Dean of the Wayne State Law School referenced the Vincent Chin case in his Opening Lecture for the UM MLK Symposium.
This Oscar nominated 1989 documentary is 82 minutes long and will be followed by a brief discussion.
Please bring your lunch and participate in the discussion about this local case.
Posted by hlook at January 9, 2007 04:14 PM