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Bachelor party and two out of work auto workers and this was a time when there was an economic downturn in detroit, the automatic capital of the world and so many workers were getting laid off because fuel prices were so high. so much of the blame was being placed on japanese auto makers because they were producing these fuel efficient cars, so vincent chen is at a bar and these two men getalter case. they chase him down and beat him with a baseball bat and accuse him of being japanese. his kill...

100% i dont know who did this to the car. we dont know. >> so hard, lisa. what was it like to put this season together for you, this episode, i should say? >> well, john, we decided to do something a little different for our eighth season. we had to pivot a little bit because of covid. our show is usually immersive and experiential. we decided to take a deep dive into moments in american history that didnt make it into the books but still impact us today. our first episode we actually look into ...

And japanese manufacturers were being blamed because they were producing more fuel efficient cars. and gas prices and oil prices were skyrocketing at the time. so, vincent chin was in a bar celebrating his bachelor party. and two out of work auto workers got into an altercation with him. he left the bar, the men chased him out and beat him to death with a baseball bat. those two men never served a day in jail or prison, paid a $3,000 fine and spent some months on probation. when we think about w...

Workers accused him of being japanese and taking the jobs and this is a time in detroit when the industry was experiencing a downturn and people blame japan for making the fuel efficient cars and people lost the jobs in detroit so if you looked like you could be japanese in detroit you could become a target and thats what happened to vincent. he got into an altercation in the bar. the two men followed him out and beat him to death with a baseball bat and didnt serve a single day in prison. they ...

And in the case of vincent chin he was a chinese-american man working in detroit during a time of an economic downturn in the automotive capital of the world. and as a result so many workers were being laid off from their jobs and it became very easy to blame japanese auto manufacturers because they were producing these fuel-efficient cars during a time when the country was going through an energy crisis. so vincent chin is in a bar celebrating his bachelor party with some friends and he gets in...

Manufacturers because they were producing these fuel-efficient cars during a time when the country was going through an energy crisis. so vincent chin is in a bar celebrating his bachelor party with some friends and he gets into an altercation with two out of work auto workers who accuse him of of being japanese and taking their jobs. they get kicked out of the bar. they wait for vincent chin. when he he comes out, they chase him down and they beat him to death with a baseball bat. and those two...

Oil prices resulted in so many auto workers getting laid off, and japan was producing some fuel efficient cars, so a lot of hatred was directed and blamed to japanese automobile manufacturers. and at that time, anyone who looked like they could be japanese was targeted for assault, and so vincent chin, who was a chinese american man was out at a bar celebrating his bachelor party and two out of work auto workers got into an alte altercation with him. when vincent chin left, they followed him and...

>> for now lisa ling, host of "this is life with lisa ling" which as i said premieres this sunday on cnn. so lisa, that climate of anti-asian hate that you describe in the early 198 os led to the horrific murder of an asian man that had a deep impact on you when you were a child. tell me why and why its so important for you to tell this story now. >> well, aaron, this season of "this is life" were doing something different, which is we are grounding every one of our episodes in an event or a sto...

Chinese when you were very young. what were you hoping to uncover with this episode? >> well, jake this season, our season eight, were doing something a little different, which is we are grounding every one of our episodes in a moment in american history that didnt make it into the history books because so often you can make a connection to those moments and what were experiencing today, and we highlight the story of vincent chin who is a young chinese american man who in the 1980s during the ec...