This week end not only includes the June Teenth holiday commemorating the end of slavery in this nation but it marks the 40th anniversary of the killing of Vincent Chin in Woodward
in Highland Park.

There is a very complete and detailed account of the killing of
Vincent Chin and how it led to an Asian American civil rights
movement in the book: From a Whisper to a Rally Cry: The
Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trail that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo [[New York: W. W. Norton, 2021).

A great deal of information is provided about the very strong
anti-Asian feelings of that era and the willingness of our
elected representative to use very derogatory terms when
speaking about Asians. There is also a discusion of how
those who caused the death of Vincent Chin were not
sent to jail and paid only a modest fine.

Four decades after Vincent Chin's death, it is discouraging to read about the recent sharp increase in the number of attacks upon the nation's current Asian population,