(AAJA National)
"I can't say that there was any compromise in the Vincent Chin case. That is why it is still discussed today, over 35 years later." ~Gary Koivu, Chin's friend (Koivu)
"It's absolutely true, I'm sorry it happened and if there's any way to undo it, I'd do it. Nobody feels good about somebody's life being taken, okay? You just never get over it...Anybody who hurts somebody else, if you're a human being, you're sorry, you know." - Ronald Ebens, accused killer (Guillermo)
"Lily Chin did not compromise--she lost in a system that did not see her son as human and his death as ignited by racism. The hundreds and thousands who fought for my uncle did not stop until all the court cases were done. It took someone who wouldn't back down to make a case like Vincent's known. Asian-Americans have compromised enough, what with the model minority myth that says we are a 'good' minority group at the expense of Black and Latino people. . . . Lily Chin and thousands of Asian-Americans said enough was enough. No longer would people be invisible or taken for granted." ~Annie Tan, Vincent Chin's 2nd cousin (Tan)
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