In 1982, 2 Men Beat Another Man To Death. Here’s Why We Should Remember More Than 30 Years Later.

I’m in awe. That’s really all I can say. At 1:12, Troy’s spoken-word piece describes graphic violence, so heads up if that’s difficult for you to stomach, as it was for me. But this is a poem we all need to hear.

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Andrea Garcia-Vargas

Oct 28, 2014

FACT CHECK TIME! Everything in Troy’s piece happened as he says it did. Read more in this New York Times article about Vincent Chin’s awful death.

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