Ep 16 Facing Racism: One year later

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Chino Y Chicano, we talk with Kert Lin who is still dealing with the fallout from a racist verbal attack that happened last May.  As Lin pulled into a south Seattle Home Depot, a driver in a pick-up truck cut him off, proceeded to call him a racist slur, and told Lin to "Go back to China". That began a long ordeal for the Seattle schoolteacher who challenged a Seattle police officer's handling of the incident, endured racist attacks on social media, and was called a liar by a Seattle radio talk show host. Lin worried about the safety of his family and questioned his decision to speak out about the incident. In January, Lin was vindicated as the Office of Police Accountability found the officer and his supervisor failed to follow SPD protocol in handing the bias incident.  As anti-Asian incidents increase, Lin says his experience, though stressful, shows the importance of speaking up. Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-leaders-protect-usRead: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-goRead:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values"https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei  Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=gonzalezRead: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdg0Read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-stuck-with-nixon-heres-why-science-said-i-did-itRead: https://www.washcog.org/in-the-news/your-right-to-knowRead: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-legislatures-sunshine-committee-has-fallen-into-darkness/Read: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/feb/2...