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Anti-Asian bias alleged

Princeton faces suit from Univ. freshman

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Kimberly Chow and Judy Wang
Staff Reporters
Published Wednesday, November 15, 2006
A Yale freshman has filed a civil rights complaint against Princeton University, alleging that the college did not accept his application for enrollment last spring because he is Asian-American. Jian Li ’10, who was born in China and now lives in New Jersey, said that while he is not seeking any compensation from Princeton, he hopes to draw attention to discrimination against Asian-American students in the admissions process, which he called an “under-addressed issue.”
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Jian Li ’10, who applied to Princeton University last year and was not accepted, is filing suit against the college for race-based discrimination in its admissions process.
Matt Baer/Contributing Photographer
Jian Li ’10, who applied to Princeton University last year and was not accepted, is filing suit against the college for race-based discrimination in its admissions process.

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