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Hate crimes against Asian Americans have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such attacks have a long, tragic history in America, with one of the most infamous incidents happening in Detroit nearly 40 years ago.
The 1982 killing of Vincent Chin will be the subject of a virtual event on Wednesday presented by Cinema Detroit, Over the Moon Detroit and the Freep Film Festival.
The evening will begin with an online screening of “Who Killed Vincent Chin?,” the 1989 Oscar-nominated documentary directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pean.
Chin, 27, a Chinese-American automotive engineer, was out celebrating at his bachelor party when he was assaulted by two white autoworkers. He went into a coma and died four days later.
Detroiter Kron Moore is evil first lady of BET s The Oval freep.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freep.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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It was too good an opportunity to ignore.
Jimmy Fallon riffed on the new cannabis chemistry scholarships at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie during Tuesday night s monologue on The Tonight Show.
Two years ago, the college opened the country s first cannabis chemistry program. Now it s offering $1,200 scholarships in that field of study, thanks to Steadfast Labs, a cannabis testing lab in Hazel Park. The Tonight Show host couldn t resist hashing out a few jokes.
After showing a clip of WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) anchor Dave LewAllen delivering the scholarship news, Fallon said, It s a two-year program that takes roughly 12 years to complete.
Detroit Film Theatre s annual Oscar shorts celebration goes virtual freep.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freep.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.