It’s Impossible to See Racism Toward Asian Americans Right Now and Not Think of Vincent Chin

In the face of coronavirus, people are resorting to the same bigoted attacks that led to Chin’s murder in Detroit 38 years ago

Lily Chin, Vincent Chin’s mother, leaving Detroit’s City Building. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images

In 1982, Japan’s growing success in the automobile industry left U.S. companies with declining…