What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity<br />‘‘In reality,’’ Daniel Li told the court, referring to the ritual’s rendition at Baruch — he was the president of<br />Pi Delta Psi there at the time of Deng’s death — the national Pi Delta Psi leaders ‘‘knew what was going on.’’<br />Deng was the last of his pledge class to go through the Glass Ceiling.<br />As Lai waited for an update on his Little’s condition, he started sending texts, the police later discovered, to the national president<br />of Pi Delta Psi, Andy Meng, the brother of Grace Meng, a congresswoman who represents the heavily Asian Sixth District in Queens.<br />They did not look at one another as Metzger briefly summarized the roles they had played in Michael Deng’s death — the tackles,<br />the text messages, the delays in seeking medical help, the scramble to dispose evidence that would tie them to Pi Delta Psi.
