"30 yrs ago today, Chinese American Vincent Chin was bludgeoned with a baseball bat by two white men, a father and stepson, in Detroit. Chin died a few days later when his mother, Lily Chin, decided to take him off of life support. Lily Chin would go on to become what some would describe as an “accidental activist”—becoming involved in political activism, sharing her story and that of her son. As a professor who teaches courses on race and racism and Asian American history, I have shown the film and watched it with my classes at least 20 times. As an Asian American, it fucks me up each and every time I see it. RIP Vincent Chin. RIP Lily Chin, who died in 2002, 20 years after her son’s murder.” ~ Tamara K. Nopper"