Vijay Chokal-Ingam, Author at Almost Black

Sep 17 2022

Equal Education Rights for All Rally Supporting Students for Fair Admissions vs Harvard Supreme Court Case

Hello Everyone: I wanted to let you know that I am participating as a speaker in rally for the Students for Fair Admissions vs Harvard case that will be argued before the Supreme Court on Oct 31, 2022! You can...
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Aug 22 2020

Against Proposition 16

I was privileged to speak at the campaign to stop proposition 16 – californiansforequalrights.org and stopprop16.org in Irvine, California. It was a great...
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Aug 6 2017

Why Trump Will End Affirmative Action Like Lincoln Ended Slavery

By appointing anti-affirmative action Supreme Court justice and using the Justice Department to look into discrimination cases, Trump will effectively put an end to affirmative action racism that destroys the educational dreams of thousands of Asian Americans and Whites. Bob...
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Feb 9 2017

The AAMC Provides Evidence of Widespread Racism in Medical School Admissions

I have always said that the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) discriminates against its Asian American and white applicants. Now the AAMC has provided strong evidence for this racism. Don’t take my word for it! Acceptance Rates at US...
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Oct 12 2016

The Wikileaks of Affirmative Action

I saw the Snowden movie, and it inspired me: it made me realize that I am kind of like the Wikileaks of Affirmative Action. Of course, there are huge differences between Edward Snowden and me but like him, I have...
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Aug 23 2016

Racism Against Asian Americans and Whites in Med School Admissions Continues…

The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) openly admits that its member medical schools discriminate against their Asian American and white applicants. The medical schools don’t make any effort to hide their racially discriminatory admissions policies. In fact, they post...
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Aug 22 2016

Eight Medical Schools I Interviewed at Posing as Black Publicly Endorsed Racial Preferences

I have always said that the American universities and educational organization have racist admissions policies and that I benefited from those policies by applying to medical school as black. You don’t have to take my word for it: the schools...
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Apr 20 2016

My Experience with Chicago Police Racism While Posing as Black in Chicago

My Experience with Chicago Police Racism While Posing as Black in Chicago My experiences posing as a black man in Chicago in 1999 completely support the findings of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force report, “Recommendations for Reform: Restoring Trust...
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Feb 23 2016

Why Ben Carson is Right: Affirmative Action Hurts the Very People It’s Supposed to Help

Like abortion, gay rights, illegal immigration and income disparity, affirmation action is an issue looming large in the American society today. But the 2016 presidential candidates of both parties have all chosen NOT to address the topic despite their heated...
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Oct 15 2015

Why I Support UC Berkeley’s “Affirmative Action Plan”

I want to come out officially in favor of the UC-Berkeley Affirmative Action Plan because it’s not really “affirmative action,” aka race-based preferential treatment. Yes, the school will aggressively recruit minority students, but not in a way that compromises its admissions standards...
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