A Chinese-American assistant professor, Dr Sean Wang, has sued Texas' Southern Methodist University over discrimination and being favorable only to Indians. The lawsuit was filed last year but came to light now after being reported by independent journalist Chris Brunet. In the lawsuit, Wang alleged that the university has a systemic problem with discrimination which resulted in him being denied tenure in 2024 while thre Indian professors were granted the sam in the Accounting department.
According to the lawsuit, the university told Wang that he was not a good fit and that he needed more citations and more visibility. He was called a "bad fit" at least 13 times, the lawsuit said but an Indian colleague Sorabh Thomar received a positive mid-career evaluation from the department chair, who is also an Indian.
