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In June of 1982, the violent murder of Vincent Chin became a symbol for the Asian American community and the Pan-Asian American movement. A son of Chinese immigrants, Vincent Chin was killed by Ronald Eben and Michael Nitz, two autoworkers, in Detroit, Michigan. An argument fueled with racial slurs erupted between the three men while Chin was out celebrating his bachelor party. Eben and Nitz blamed the Japanese auto industry for the economic crash of Detroit. Later that evening, the two men went out in search of Chin and violently killed him.
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