Summary

In Act VI, "The Case of the Missing Asian," Willis presents United States laws from 1859 - 1924, that excluded immigrants from entering the country, owning property, or marrying American women. The narrative then moves inside the courtroom where Willis is on trial for disappearing. He is shocked to discover Older Brother is his lawyer. Asking about Old Asian Man, Older Brother laments the fact that their father "never got a story" (218). Willis says Older Brother could have been the story. Though Older Brother understands, he needed to escape Interior Chinatown.

Green and Turner enter, "ready to testify for the prosecution" (219). As the trial begins, Older Brother objects to the case, and to "the entire justice system" (220). When Turner enters the stand, he points to Willis's bad character as evidence of his guilt. He...