Vincent Chin (1955-82)
b. Guangdong Province, China
United States v. Ebens (1986)
Do You know? Vincent Chin was adopted and worked two jobs as an industrial engineer technician and a waiter on weekends.
What: Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz violated Chin's civil rights when they killed him.
Decision: Both men pled guilty and were punished with a $3,000 fine and three years' probation. A later court found Ebens guilty of racially motivated actions. But a retrial in 1987 cleared Ebens of all charges.
Today: In 2020, the "Stop AAPI Hate" Initiative began as a united effort to bring awareness and to fight against rising hate incidents against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities because of false allegations that they started COVID-19.
(Portrait by Jade Estrella, SFSU 2019)