Honoring Vincent Chin on the anniversary of his death – AsAmNews https://asamnews.com/2024/06/23/honoring-vincent-chin-on-the-anniversary-of-his-death/ On June 19 1982, Chin, a Chinese American draftsman, was out at a bar for his bachelor party in Detroit when he was confronted by two white men. The men were upset about potentially losing jobs to Japanese autoworkers and beat him with a baseball bat.