Vincent Who?!

I viewed Who Killed Vincent Chin (Vincent Who?), a documentary made my Curtis Chin about the murder of Vincent Chin in the 80's. At the time, Japanese Americans were being scapegoated for various economic problems, and Vincent Chin (a Chinese man), was murdered by two disgruntled employees in Detroit.
This film struck a chord with me because this hate crime was set in the Midwest; and I too hail from that area. I am not surprised that none of the people in the beginning recognized the name of Vincent Chin, but I almost felt guilty for not recognizing it coming from the Midwest. I also really appreciated the parallels that Curtis Chin drew between the Vincent Chin murder and hate crimes that were committed against South Asians right after 9/11. My family and I, even though living in Minnesota at the time, were victims of everything from racial profiling to 'sand nigger' being written on our house and on my locker at school.
I think this film would be very useful in the classroom, but I would probably use it with an older demographic. The film itself can be used to educate about the Vincent Chin crime and the situation in Detroit in the 80's, but it can also be used to address questions higher on Bloom's Taxonomy. We can challenge students and ask, why did this happen? What ethnic group is at a disadvantage now? What other hate crimes throughout history parallel this? Can we compare this crime to crimes against African Americans post Jim Crow? It could even lead to historical research. I found this film incredibly provocative and will probably YouTube it in the future just to watch it. On a side note, Curtis Chin was incredibly amicable in the Q&A session after; and I was interested to know he financed this film by himself.