Lawsuit alleges anti-Asian bias in Ivy League admissions

Reprinted from AsAm News

A COALITION of mostly immigrant groups from the Chinese community is calling on federal authorities to investigate racial bias in admissions against Asian/Americans at Yale, Brown and Dartmouth, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The Asian American Coalition for Education is also urging other Asian/American groups to jointly file complaints against the three Ivy League schools.

The complaint - expected to be released Monday, May 23, to the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Justice - alleges the three schools have the lowest Asian/American admission rates. The groups also contend the University’s admission of Asians has remained flat even though the number of applicants has risen dramatically.

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Similar complaints against Princeton and Harvard have both failed in the last year.

The issue has divided the Asian/American community with many long established civil rights groups comprised mostly of second, third and fourth generation Asians advocating for affirmative action and immigrant groups opposed.

According to the version of the complaint released early to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the list of groups involved in the latest complaints range from a day care center to the 80-20 Initiative, including:

1. 1045 Custom Mansions Owner Association of Diamond Bar
2. 1441 Manufacture-Home Residents Association
3. 80-20 Initiative (9 organizations)
12. A1 Education LLC
13. Alamo Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation
14. Allstar Institute
15. Asian American Federation of Florida
16. Asian American Legal Foundation
17. Asian American Republican Coalition of San Diego
18. Asian Americans for Political Advancement
19. Asian Leadership and Cultural Network
20. AsianAmericanVoters.org
21. Beijing University of Technology Alumni Association of America
22. Boston Forward Foundation
23. Boston Fudan Aluminum Association
24. CAN Chinese Action Network
25. China Rainbow Network
26. Chinese America Association of Orange County
27. Chinese American Equalization Association(HQH)
28. Chinese American for Progress and Equality (CAPE)
29. Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County
30. Chinese American Parents Association of Fairfax County
31. Chinese Association Inc.
32. Chinese Association of China Univ of Mining in North American
33. Chinese Association of Science, Education and Culture of South Florida
34. Chinese Community Center of the Capital District of New York
35. Chinese Freemasons
36. Chinese Professional Development Association
37. Chinese Social Service Center
38. Chinese Traditional Culture, Inc
39. Chinese-American Nail Salon Association
40. CSA Afterschool
41. Dallas/Fort Worth Chinese Alliance
42. Epic Healthy Living Education Center
43. First Han International Language School
44. Florida Acupuncture Association
45. Global Organization of Indian Origin – Los Angeles Chapter
46. Great Neck Chinese Association
47. Greater San Antonio Chinese Chamber of Commerce
48. Guqian Academy
49. Harris Chinese Association
50. Health Foundation (TX)
51. Henan Folks Association in North California
52. Houston Chinese Alliance
53. Huazhong University of Science & Technology Alumni Association of Southern California
54. Idaho Chinese Organization
55. Impact Speaking Academy
56. Jacksonville Chinese Association
57. Japanese American Association San Diego
58. Jiao Tong University Alumni Association-Seattle
59. Jin Lan Club
60. Kiangsu Chekiang Association of Northern California
61. Korean American association of greater Philadelphia scholarship foundation
62. Korean American Chamber of Commerce of San Diego County
63. Korean American Women’s Chamber of Commerce
64. Leading Young Professionals Association
65. Livingston Chinese Association
66. Long Island Chinese American Association
67. Long Island Parent of Chinese
68. Michigan Chinese Alliance
69. Michigan New Century Chinese School
70. Millburn Short Hills Chinese Association
71. Minnesota Chinese Association
72. New Asian Leaders
73. New York Shandong Association, Inc.
74. No Tower in Schools
75. Noble Tree Publishing Inc.
76. Northeast Chinese Association
77. Northern California Chinese Culture Athletic Federation
78. Northern California Henri Association
79. OCA Eastern Virginia
80. Ohio Chinese American Association
81. Ohio contemporary Chinese school
82. Orange County Chinese American Chamber of Commerce
83. Orange county ladies group
84. Orlando Chinese Professional Association
85. Pakistan Policy Institute
86. Peking University Alumni Association of Oregon
87. San Antonio Society of Chinese Professionals
88. San Diego Asian Americans For Equality
89. San Francisco Chinatown Merchant Association
90. SCV Chinese School
91. Shah Latif Cultural Institute of Texas (SLCIT)
92. Sharron Art Center
93. Shou Chu Organization
94. Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation
95. Sino Professionals Association
96. South Florida Sichuanren & Chongqingren Chinese Association
97. Spring Source Education Institute
98. Star Education Inc.
99. Taiwan Benevolent Association of Florida
100. The Korean Association of Greater Washington
101. The Orange Club
102. The Shanghai Association of America
103. UBC (United for a Better Community)
104. United Chinese Association of Utah
105. Universal Chinese Publishing Group
106. US Asian Cultural Academy
107. USTC Alumni Association in Greater New York
108. USTC Alumni Association of Southern California
109. UT Austin PGE Chinese Alumni Association
110. Vancouver Chinese Association
111. Venus Chinese School
112. Washington Youth Foundation
113. Westlake Chinese Culture Association
114. WW-P Education Support Association
115. Yvonne Liu’s Family Daycare

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