In the 80s, the Asian American population flipped from majority U.S. born to foreign born. Economic pressures and racial tensions culminated in 1982, when Vincent Chin was killed in Detroit. His murder is traced to the decline of the U.S. automotive industry, which many blamed on Japanese car manufacturers. In a landmark civil rights case, Chin’s murder spurred the first federal prosecution of a hate crime involving an Asian American. On the West Coast, the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, ignited in part by the beating of Rodney King and the murder of Latasha Harlins, are portrayed in complicated media narratives, pitting the Black and Korean communities against one another. For Asian Americans, race consciousness continued to evolve alongside increased representation, with such examples as tech entrepreneur Jerry Yang and stand-up comedian Margaret Cho. The Peabody Award–winning PBS series culminated in this fifth and final episode, a breakthrough account of diverse voices in an ever-expanding history of Asian America. KL