>> she slashed me from cheek to cheek with a box cutter. >> in atlanta, georgia, eight people dead, and seven of them asian women. >> i have a boy and i don't know how to tell him that there are so many people being attacked because they look like us. >> the virus was weaponized against us. >> the terrible china virus. >> and hate crimes against asian-american cities surged. >> i could feel the tension in the air here. people are hyperaware of what's happening. >> but now people are coming together in ways i could have never imagined. >> imagine our bodies -- >> exploring a forgotten history. >> to see asian-americans standing up for civil rights. nobody had ever seen that before. >> enough is enough. >> this is a story i've been waiting my whole life to tell. >> we're part of this incredible tapestry, with stories and histories from every corner of the globe. ♪ ♪ ♪ i -- i hated being chinese. i hated feeling different when i was a little girl. ours was one of the few asian families in the neighborhood and i was teased all the time. kids would come up to me and go, oh, lisa ring. when you are a little kid, you just don't want to stand out. you just don't want to be different. so when i was teased, i never told anyone about it, i never complained, i just repressed it. i had so much shame about being asian, and then i must have been 10 or 11 years old when my dad was reading the newspaper and there was a story about a young man in detroit who was brutally murdered because of his race. it just exacerbated that feeling of unbelonging for me. it was the 1970s, and detroit had been the automotive manufacturing capitol of the world for decades. >> the city produces more automobiles than any other city on earth. >> over generations, millions of peoples' livelihoods depended on the industry. >> have a seat. >> including helen zea, the princeton grad went on to medical school but had a change of heart and moved to motor city during the boom where she immediately got a job in the chrysler plant. >> i was a large press operator. we stamped out metal car parts, you know, like a hood. a door. it was the highest pay i had ever received. >> but in 1979, helen and hundreds of thousands of workers felt the bottom drop out. >> oil is becoming skaeus and far too extensive. as the cost of gas skyrocketed, consumers turned to fuel efficient foreign cars and the sale of american autos tanked. >> ford has laid off 50,000 as car sales last month fell to their lowest level in 21 years. >> the time that you were in detroit, you saw such a massive transition. >> a complete transition. the midwest was in a terrible depression. i was in those unemployment lines in the dead of winter, a michigan winter that snaked around the block several times. >> in 1982, 1 of 5 detroit residents were out of a job. >> you hiring? >> all i can say is move somewhere else. >> suddenly after a lifetime of well paying jobs, where they could afford a house, two cars, a recreational vehicle, a summer cottage, suddenly it was wiped out. >> the only answer is charity. >> people became destitute. the frustration turned into anger. people want to know, why is this happening to me? who can i blame? in the beginning, the workers blamed the companies, and the factories blameded the workers and politicians blamed each other, and then they reached a consensus, let's blame japan. >> japan, a former enemy during world war ii had cornered the market. and many began to portray the japanese as invaders. >> when it started, america was unprepared from across the ocean they came, little cars, determined to change the buying habits of a nation, and for a while there was no stopping them. >> so anybody that looked japanese suddenly had a target on their back. >> what was that like for you as an asian person in motor city when this anti-japanese sentiment was starting to really spread? >> it was terrifying because you knew that not only did you have the face of the enemy, but the rhetoric was out there all the time, not just in detroit but from the halls of congress, about the enemy, the enemy, bomb them, kill them. what do you do with the enemy? you kill them. >> detroiters took out there frustration on japanese cars. >> people were violent. it was not a great leap to think if i ran into the wrong person i would be the enemy. i wanted to show you a couple things -- >> in the hate-filled climate, helen would read in the paper about the death of a 27-year-old chinese-american. >> in almost ten years in detroit i never had seen an article about anything related to chinese americans, and then to see this. the groom was killed just before his wedding. and his 400 wedding guests went to his funeral instead. i kept it because i knew that there was something more to that story. >> it was on a summer night in 1982. >> vincent chin was out for his bachelor party and was going to be married in a few days, and instead he ran into the kind of person that every asian in detroit was afraid they might run into. >> inside the bar, 43-year-old ronald evans and his 23-year-old stepson taunt chin, mistaking him for japanese. >> the confrontation turned physical and continued out on the streets. vincent thought he got away but the two men hunted him down outside a mcdonald's. as knits restrained chin from behind -- >> mr. evens was standing over him with a baseball bat, and was hitting him over the head. >> he swung the bat as if he was swinging for a home run, full contact. >> in front of so many witnesses, four swings to vincent's head, they beat his brains out on to the street. >> that night in the hospital, the nurse told me that he's not going to make it. i saw that, you know, life can end in a moment. >> gary coy lost his friend of 20 years. while the details of vincent's death are difficult to recall, his early memories of vincent are crystal clear. >> how would you describe your relationship growing up with vincent chin? >> close. we saw each other quite a bit. >> were you two a lot alike? >> no, we were not alike. i was quiet and shy, and he was very outgoing, talkative, and he got me meeting people and help me break out of my shell a little bit. he got to know people very easily, could talk to anybody. >> vincent chin was adopted at age 6 by a chinese couple in detroit. growing up, he had a diverse circle of friends. he got engaged to his long-time girlfriend. >> he was just trying to live the american dream. he worked hard and took care of his phmother, and he was cheate. we all were. >> evans was charged with second-degree murder, and he plead guilty, and his stepson plead guilty to manslaughter. >> plea bargaining reduced the charge from second-degree murder to manslaughter. evans and tpheufz were given a $3,000 fine and placed on probation. both had what the judge called stable working backgrounds. >> nobody was sent to prison for even one day has so many people outraged, outraged that the two men that beat vincent chin to death literally got away with murder. >> to be quite honest, i expected to go to jail. i pleaded guilty to manslaughter on that. i did just like anybody else, i went to take my licks because i thought sure i would go to jail. >> his killers got off scott free. i felt like all the blood drained out of my body. the message is you could kill an asian-american and it wouldn't matter. >> since there were many witnesses, there were no denning what ronald evans did to vincent that night, and yet no prosecutors were present at the sentencing and vincent's own mother was not even notified about the hearing. >> lily chin lost her son in the most violent and horrible way. >> her only child. >> her only child. and it was as though he was killed again. these two white killers get fined less than what you would pay for a used car. i was furious and upset by that. >> i thought race was a factor. justice is not blind. >> you think if vincent chin were white the killers might have gotten a harsher sentence? >> no, absolutely. they thought vincent's life was not worth as much as a white man. >> i just thought this is wrong. this is so wrong. i have to do something about it. >> helen joined forces with lily chen and other activist. they forms an organization called the american citizens for justice. they began a grassroots movement. >> in the absence of social media, no internet, no fax machines, we put out flyers, we put out news letters, communications. the police never even investigated. they never interviewed any of the witnesses at the bar. you know, they never did anything. we said we have to find out the facts of this case. we cannot call it racist unless we actually have information that this was a racially-motivated killing. >> one by one they started talking to witnesses, and soon found a dancer who heard something critical. >> i was close enough to hear mr. evans say to mr. chin, because of you [ bleep ] we're out of work. >> that was never part of the police record or the investigation. and she said i heard, it's because of you mother f's that we are out of work, and was clearly pointing to japan and anybody that looked japanese. so to our group -- >> that was the smoking gun? >> that was the smoking gun. he had race on his mind. >> armed with this new information, they mobilized. it was a rallying cry for equality that united asuians of different backgrounds. >> waiters, and laundry workers. engineers and doctors. all coming together to say we are asian-american, too. this is right outside of the federal building, and it's not fair is what vincent chin said as he lay dying. and it was really something different to see asian-americans standing up for civil rights. nobody had ever seen that before. you would never think that detroit would become the epicenter of movement, of asian-americans, but it was. >> the american citizens for justice asked the judge to reconsider the sentencing, but were turned down. >> a decision was short and to the point, the three years probation and $3,000 fine will remain. >> but helen and lily chen would not give up. >> that was the point that we began to say that vincent chen's civil rights had been violated and we need to have real investigators come. >> they vowed to take the case all the way to the top, to the federal government. >> i want to continue to get justice for my son. this is the beginning. 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those that live, we must redefine america so everybody knows everybody fits in the rainbow somewhere. >> the american citizens for justice had garnered support far beyond the asian-american community. >> every religion and walk of life came together. black, white, latin x, lgbtq, jewish and muslim saying we are with you, we stand with you. >> what did that feel like for you, helen? >> that was great. it meant everything. it meant we knew we were not alone and we could go forward. >> with the high exposure and growing pressure, the department of justice finally caved. >> a federal court in detroit is getting ready to decide if two local men will have to serve a jail term for a killing they already admitted to. >> it was the first federal civil rights trial involving an asian-american in u.s. history. >> if convicted both face life terms in prison. >> and just after three weeks, the verdict was announced. >> one of two men have been found guilty of aiding and abetting the civil rights of vincent chin. so the vincent chin case comes to a close, or maybe not. ro ronald ebens and his attorney said they will fight to overturn the verdict. >> the appeals court said there was too much pretrial publicity, so three years later a new trial was granted. >> we really feel confident that if the full story is told the jury will come to the only conclusion possible. >> which is what? >> that he was killed only because he was an asian-american. >> but in the end, five years after vincent's death, his killers were ultimately found not guilty. >> all appeals over with. this is it. ronald ebens is a free man as tonight. >> so he never -- >> he never served a day -- >> never served a day in jail, after all that. it was heartbreaking. it was very clear that for asian-americans, there were so many hurdles to have to cross. justice had not been done. >> vincent lost his life because of the way he looked. japan was an easy target, and he paid the price. sounds familiar, right? today asian-americans are being scapegoated for everything from the coronavirus to china's economic rise. and attacks are increasing. in the last few days, chinatown has been quiet as fear takes over the community. >> a year before the coronavirus struck, sandra ye lived a nightmare. >> a great mother, and now she's in icu. >> she was attacked out at a playground and left to die. >> now she is waging an internal battle between rage and forgiveness. >> the amount of stress that this body is carrying, the inability to feel a sense of peace, is indescribable. >> what happened to your grandma? >> it was 6:45, 6:30 a.m. she stepped outside and she never came back. the police could not find her. my father thought we should just retrace the route that she would take. we found her lying in the sand pit at the bottom of the slide at the park. she had to have a breathing tube. her ribs were punctured. her eyes were punched in. brain damage. >> like vincent chin, her 89-year-old grandmother was brutally assaulted but in a place where she felt safe, where children played, where she and her friends exercised every morning. >> do you believe your grandmother was targeted because she was asian? >> because she was asian. because she was elderly, and because she's a woman. that combination fits the bill for an easy target. >> was that her when she was young? >> that was her when she was young. >> oh, she's always smiling. every picture. looks like she had such a cheerful spirit. >> yes. >> she was born in china and immigrated to america with her husband in 1986 with no english and almost no money. >> they lived in a single room occupancy in china town, san francisco. she was a seamstress, and my grandfather washed dishes. she wanted to become part of the fabric of america. this image just breaks my heart. >> after 12 months in the hospital, her grandmother passed away. >> to struggle and fight for her life for a whole year, that is strength. >> are you angry? >> i am angry. inside, i'm livid. >> like lily chin before her, saw sauna lives with the reality of losing a loved one in the most brutal way. >> vincent chin was bludgeoned by a bat, and my grandmother was bludgeoned by the cane she was carrying. it was hatred towards another human being, and that does not look like the perpetrator. that's hard to understand. >> the man suspected of attacking her grandmother was arrested. he is yet to be sentenced. she wondered what justice might look like. >> for my own relief, having this person feel the pain that we're feeling would be healing for me. >> but history tells us that perpetrators of violence against asians rarely pay a price. it's a pattern that has been going on in america for nearly two centuries. it all started in the mid-1800s, when 25,000 immigrants journeyed to the u.s. to strike it rich in california's gold rush. i sit down with historian and author, jeff chang, to dissect this history. what was the typical profile of the chinese people who were coming? >> most of the people who were coming to the country were poor, and so the lure of instant wealth in the california mountains was really irresistible. everywhere they go, they are welcomed at first, and they set up china towns. >> while these hopeful immigrants flock to california, americans were rushing to unite the west with the rest of the country. they needed manpower. they found it in cheap chinese labor. >> chinese are brought in the tens of thousands to work on the pacific central railroad. a long with other asian-american, south asians and japanese americans, they are really the unsung workforce that builds the west. but then sentiment turns pretty quickly. americans feared for their jobs. >> this idea that they are coming here to take over, they are taking the best gold mines, they are taking the best jobs and working in the factories and displacing us in the mills. if we continue to allow these invasions of these immigrants, the entire country will be overrun. >> in 1882 the u.s. government responded to those fears with racist legislation, the chinese exclusion act, and for the first time in american history the doors closed on a population because of where they were from. chinese immigrants who are already in the u.s. became the target of vicious attacks. >> people show up on the chinese settlement in mass with pitch forks and guns and forced people out in the dead of night and literally thousands of folks are massacred because of this violence. >> why don't we ever hear about this in american history books? >> it's not something that is part of the great mythology of settling the frontier. >> and a great nation -- >> it's not something that makes us look good. but we created this powerful prosperous country on the backs of a lot of people. >> the chinese exclusion act was repealed 60 years later, but only after another group of asians landed in the crosshairs. >> 1941 -- >> after the bombing of pearl harbor, the u.s. determined that any japanese person could be dangerous. >> evacuations. japanese removed from their home to wartime communities. >> 120,000 japanese are forced into concentration camps. placed very far from the homes these families had made. >> all of these people forced into camps, they literally lost everything. >> they had to start again. and the trauma of that echos down the generations, because asian-americans are seen as folks that don't belong here. >> when you think about the wars fought by the u.s., the faces of the enemy were often asian. after japan, it was korea. then vietnam. many have always believed asians to be perpetual foreigners in america, and it never has stopped. >> attacks against asian-americans appear to be on the rise. >> in 2020, hate crimes asian-americans surged to an all-time high. >> physical assaults are being reported. >> so we know that attacks on asians have gone up astronomically, and we are about to meet an asian senior that got a pretty big shock in the middle of the night. ♪ que me va a frenar ♪ ♪ si acele.. ♪ ♪ y si acelero no me paran ♪ ♪ el viento pega en mi cara ♪ ♪ si acelero no me paran ♪ ♪ el viento pega en mi cara ♪ ♪ estoy brillando con mi drip drip ♪ ♪ una luz que no se apaga ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome to allstate. 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the fire department coming but it's too late. >> makes you sad? >> yeah, i'm sad right now. >> so the only cars that burned that night was your car and another asian man's car? >> yes. >> do you think it may have to do with the fact that you are asian? >> i don't know. 100%, i don't know who did the fire to the car, i don't know. >> mr. chang was born in cambodia. when he was in his 20s he survived the brutality of the communist rouge, where the marxist were responsible for killing much of the population, and though he survived, his family did not. >> my brother, sister, they died. my mom, my father, they died, too. >> in his late 40s with nothing in his pockets he came to america to start over from scratch. why did you come to america? >> i come over here because my country hard time, small money, can't afford for family. but to come here, it's good. we have peace. >> over the next 20 years, he built a life for himself here, working as an airport taxi dispatcher. he thought he made the american dream when he bought a brand-new car for the first time. but now he and his loved ones are absolutely terrified. >> i stay home. we don't feel our freedom like before. >> so you are staying inside a lot more because of the -- >> yeah. >> -- fear? >> yeah, you stay inside. >> i see the camera up there now. >> nighttime, it's scary. >> i am so sorry this happened, mr. chang. >> thank you. yes. >> almost five months after mr. chang's car exploded, another asian senior appeared to be targeted. >> in the south bay, somebody deliberately torched the cars sitting in a family's front yard. take a look at this. >> surveillance cameras caught a poe ten -- potential arsonist running away. so many asian-americans are leaving their homes. they don't feel safe in their own neighborhoods. but across the country there are several groups of concerned citizens trying to help. >> we have our flyers, and we will talk about what we are doing here. you might get rejected, and that's okay, but just them knowing that you are hear for them, that means a lot. >> this one is called compassion in oakland. it's an organization that escorts vulnerable asians on their trips. >> when we started this, it was really scary, because it's like as asians are taught to stay quiet and not make any waves or noise, just keep your head down. don't speak out. >> don't get involved. >> don't get involved. but in reality, what makes it worse is not using your voice. my family did not immigrate here for me not to use my voice. >> carson is a local volunteer who shows up even though he could be a target. >> my parents don't want me here. they are, like, why would you go out there? it's dangerous. the whole point of us being here is to make it less dangerous, right? >> go down this way? >> yeah, this way. >> 22-year-old kenyatta was one of the first volunteers to step up. >> we offer services if you don't feel safe in your current location. i grew up in this area and was seeing all the attacks on the news and it was breaking my heart. >> when you first started volunteering with compassion in oakland, could you give me a sense of how people were feeling? >> the fear was pretty palpable. when i was walking down the street everybody noticed, people cross the street sometimes if they see me walking. i have had people be afraid when i am handing out the card, they will, like, flinch. >> with black and asian communities living side by side in oakland, there has been a long history of solidarity, but also tension between them. >> there's a deep-rooted issue where it goes back and forth where both sides have contributed. >> the asian community feels vulnerable right now, so help from nonasian volunteers is not always welcomed. >> it's hurtful because i am here to help them, but i try not to take it super personally, because a lot of it is coming from a place of fear. >> many elders here keep their heads down, but this couple feels safe enough to stop and share their feelings of gratitude. >> of course, ma'am. >> be careful. >> they acknowledge that there is tension between the two communities, and they can recognize when a younger person is willing to put themselves on the front lines to try and fix that. >> you are changing perception. >> exactly. >> when we look at history, much of what divides people is based on this idea of perception, and what we perceive may not tell the whole story. >> the american auto industry and its army targeted japan as a major source of its problems. >> in the '80s, japan's dominance caused a spike in racism and the death of a chinese man. >> a man beat to death over car workers angered over japanese car imports. >> back then china was not a perceived threat, and today it's a different story. >> china is the nation's most pressing national security threat. >> they intend to be the world superpower. >> the u.s. has relied on china and cheap labor from their workforce, but the tables are turning. >> the longer term challenge will be china. it just is. >> we're in competition with china and other countries to win the 21st century. >> but what if instead of fearing each other, competing nations tried collaboration? on the edge of the mojave desert is lancaster, california. in 2013 the unemployment rate here was 12%. and a chinese company called byd, short for build your dreams, bought an old motor home factory and revitalized it. today it's the largest electric bus factory in north america. a 22-year-old veteran of byd heads up the lancaster plant. she's often found walking the floor having facetime with her employees. why did you choose lancaster, california? >> california is the pioneer state in the world to push green initiative, and the housing costs is low. everybody from the production line, they can afford a house. lancaster is the place that can achieve this dream. >> though they brought in the management, most of the team is made up of locals, and byd began training anybody that needs it. today they employ over 500 people, and that workforce is extremely diverse. >> we have lots of latino here, and lots of african-american, and we have a lot of single moms and dads, and then second-chance employee. >> so people who were formerly incarcerated have an opportunity to work here? >> yes, if you want to work hard and change your life, here's the job for you. >> 36-year-old, danny, doesn't look like your typical department lead. >> we're up on the streets, a pretty rough lifestyle. first time i went to juvenile hall, i was 11. we were hungry and we stole food and they ended up catching us. from juvenile hall to county jail and then prison. >> what is the longest you spent in prison? >> at one time, probably four years. >> prison had a revolving door, and danny would enter it again and again. >> get out for a month or two weeks and then i'm right back. >> danny has three kids he never saw. he realized if he wanted to have a life with them, he needed stability. but his past made finding a job nearly impossible. then a friend told danny about byd and to his surprise, they hired him on the spot. over the next five years, danny would become part of the life blood of the company. >> i started as a technician and went straight to the top as a manager with no experience, and basically trained me for everything that i do, they trained me. >> yeah, released. >> when did you realize i am working for a chinese company? >> probably after six months that i was here. >> did you think anything of it? >> no, i actually work really good hand and hand with them so i made good friends with them right away. it shows the brake status is on right now? >> yes, right here. >> one of the chinese engineers has become a role model for danny, and a friend. >> he's always 100% there. >> thank you, sir. have a good day. >> since we started hearing about all the attacks on asian people, do you worry about your chinese colleagues? >> i do, i worry about them outside of work because you never know who you will cross paths with. i hear people saying it's a chinese company, it's chinese, and this is an american company, it's in lancaster, california, and we sell buses in america, and we employ everybody, chinese, american, it doesn't matter. >> tell me about what it's like to operate a chinese business in the united states during a time when tensions exists between our two governments? >> it's a challenge, because i think the u.s. and china are competitors, never an enemy, and two countries enemies for some reason, but should not impact business. >> now chinese companies like byd are under the microscope. last year congress prohibited who can purchase from chinese companies like byd and how. >> these companies have the unfair advantage of the unfair support of the chinese government. >> they are capable of spying on our infrastructure network. >> we are not a government agency. we are private-owned, a public-traded company. we are purely a transparent company. no different like a ford, apple, amazon. >> despite byd's attempt to prove to lawmakers that they are here to do good, the ban on bus sales will go into effect later this year. is it possible you might have to close down operations because of what is going on politically? >> that's my biggest concern. >> i want to see byd succeed because they have created so many opportunities for people just like myself to completely change their life. not only that, but we are building electric buses that are impacting the world for the positive. change is possible. if you are going to work hard enough for it, change is possible. that's good, right? >> vincent chin's death was caused by fear of asians stealing jobs, and now an asian company is providing work for unemployed americans. for me this inclusive byd model is the perfect antidote for generations of racism and hate, but we still have a long way to go. >> the things that have been sent to you are just vile. shut up, you blank. every asian should stay far away. hope your kids suffocated to death from the wuhan virus. >> they are hurtful to read. 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(brad) apartments-dot-com. the most popular place to find a place. police say the teenager who brutally assaulted a san francisco grandmother is responsible for a violent crime spree. >> just days after her grandmother's attack, a 17-year-old was arrested. he now faces a battery of charges including attempted murder. >> police say he is familiar to the department. his dna found at wong's home matched what was in the system from previous crimes he committed as a minor. >> yeah, we had one individual that was wreaking havoc in our community, and he's off the streets. >> asian-americans have been discriminated against, scapegoated for centuries. it's like the cycle. >> your grandmother, she was a victim of that. >> yeah. >> what do you want to happen to the man who attacked and ultimately killed your grandmother? >> to understand why and to know more about him, how was he brought up? what was the environment like for him that created his actions? nobody is born a monster. i mean, he's still a kid. in my imagination, he would have time serving and when he's ready to have a restorative conversation, i would love that. i can't speak for my family, but it would be healing for me. this terrible, terrible thing has happened, yet we have an opportunity to respond in a way that is different, to respond in a way that can actually make positive change in the world and to not slide backwards and to work together to understand each other, and hopefully to love one another. >> today at the park where her grandmother was attacked, she is hosting an event to help community members feel safe again. >> welcome, everyone. this is the site where my grandmother would come for her morning exercise, and we are coming here to reclaim this space. please stand in a circle, six feet apart. >> so the healing circle is about to begin, and the idea is for the community to be able to come and release some of the tension they have been holding, and i am realizing i just need this as much as anybody here. >> raise your arms. feeling the sun on your skin. reaching one hand up and one hand down. >> the purpose is to see each other as humans. >> we use our bodies to extend energy from heaven to earth. >> what is it like for you to go back to the park? >> it's bittersweet. i love connecting with her friends and giving them an opportunity to share how this tragedy has impacted them. it's not just my family. it's not just my grandmother. it's everyone that lives there. >> we stand in stillness, with kindness and curiosity. >> even though i am heartbroken by the racism and hate in our country -- >> thank you so much for doing this. this is so powerful. >> i am hopeful because i see people banding together in solidarity. >> yay. >> this is what the world needs. >> sure. >> we need so much healing. we are emerging out of invisibility now, in a profound way. >> so since this episode was filmed, attacks on asuians have continued, particularly attacks on our elderly, and it has been devastating, it really has. but out of this crisis something incredibly powerful is happening. >> it's wrong to target a fellow asian brothers and sisters. >> it's un-american and it must stop. >> asian-americans have the right to be recognized as american. not as the other. not as them, but as us. >> asians of all different backgrounds are refusing to stay silent. >> we can't stop, we can't stop speaking out and fighting. >> this needs to stop and we really need to express that loudly, and we are. >> it's a movement that has been growing since the death of vincent chin and the injustice that happened in this case, and we are writing a new chapter of asian-american history. >> our pain has been invisible and the attacks on the community have been invisible. >> this chapter in which we refuse to remain invisible, we refuse to be labeled as a foreigner, because we belong. >> when we are erased from the history books, we are made invisible. and the result is that we are perpetually made to feel like for foreigners in our own country. include our stories, because they matter. >> learning about this history has been powerful. it has been inspiring. it has been invigorating. >> should the vincent chin story be in the history books? >> absolutely. the vincent chin story is an all-american story, and people came together to fight for justice in the all american justice system. some things worked and some things didn't, and how that all comes together is a lesson that all americans can learn from. >> i am grateful for vincent chin and his family. for the stories that are being shared, even though violence against asians is not new, i don't want people to forget. >> one night early in december 1941, japanese people were forced to leave their homes, schools and jobs. >> one thing is for certain, now more than ever we need to talk about hard things. >> they were forced to live in b barracks surrounded by -- >> what does that look like to you? >> if you know what asian-americans have endured in this country, how we have been scapegoated for more than a century, and it's time for all of us to change that, because today it's asian people, and tomorrow it could be your community. >> it's pretty sad, right? >> uh-huh. >> and we have to make sure that nothing like that ever happens to anyone again. we have to stand up for people, no matter who they are, what color their skin is, right? >> uh-huh. the follow something a cnn special report. he was the party prince. >> for many years, it was a real worry about what would happen to harry. >> who rebelled against royalty. >> he decided he might leave the royalty family. >> haunted by his mother's death. >> it destabilized him and ed

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