Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application

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Posting in the African American forum.

By Benjamin RyanNicholas Fandos and Dana Rubinstein
July 3, 2025
As he runs for mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has made his identity as a Muslim immigrant of South Asian descent a key part of his appeal.

But as a high school senior in 2009, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, claimed another label when he applied to Columbia University. Asked to identify his race, he checked a box that he was “Asian” but also “Black or African American,” according to internal data derived from a hack of Columbia University that was shared with The New York Times.. . . When asked if any of his family had intermarried while in East Africa, he said in the interview on Thursday, “They’re all of Indian origin, from Gujarat.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html


There's no complexity in a college applications asking for racial identity. Their not asking about geographic birth places. We wouldn't accept white people claiming their part of a tribe because a state they were born in was tribal land.

I'm really tired of having to take theses insults. Same as Musk calling himself African American. Mamdani needs to apologize as he's on his way to lose the black vote in the general like he lost it in the primary.

From this crap to black face. I don't see how these politicians run with this BS in their past. I'm sure it'll be excused.