In 1982, an Asian life didn’t matter. June 23, 1982: Vincent Chin was beaten to death by two men who blamed the Japanese auto industry for their economic struggles. 一九八二年，亞洲人的命不值錢。一九八二年六月二十三日：陳果仁被兩名男子毆打致死，他們將自身的經濟困境歸咎於日本汽車工業。
陳果仁是華裔美國人。但對他們來說，這並不重要。
在美國製造業陷入困境之際，反日情緒席捲全國。陳果仁成為目標，因為攻擊者看到一張亞洲面孔，便將與他毫無關係的問題歸咎於他。
他們追趕他，並用棒球棒將他毆打致死。四天後，他離開了人世。
兇手承認過失殺人罪。
他們被判三年緩刑，並處以三千美元罰款。無需監禁。
法官解釋道：「這些不是那種該被關進監獄的人。」
這項判決震驚了許多美國人，也跨越族裔界線凝聚了亞裔美國人群體。那是第一次，大量的華裔、日裔、韓裔、菲律賓裔及其他亞裔美國人，為了一項公民權利議題而團結一致。
陳果仁生前最後一句為人所知的話是：「這不公平。」
確實不公平。
永遠銘記。
Vincent was Chinese American. It didn’t matter to them.
As America’s manufacturing sector struggled, anti-Japanese sentiment spread across the country. Vincent became a target because his attackers saw an Asian face and blamed him for problems he had nothing to do with.
They chased him down and beat him with a baseball bat. Four days later, he was dead.
The killers pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
They received three years probation and a $3,000 fine. No jail time.
The judge explained, “These aren’t the kind of men you send to jail.”
The sentence shocked many Americans and galvanized Asian Americans across ethnic lines. For the first time, large numbers of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and other Asian Americans united around a single civil rights cause.
Vincent Chin’s last reported words were: “It’s not fair.”
It wasn’t.
Never forget.
Johnson Choi Biz 