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Medical School by Pretending to Be Black

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  • Jun 27, 2023

    The Los Angeles Times

    Are Asian American college applicants at a disadvantage? Supreme Court debate stirs fear

    Kenji Horigome’s college application featured a 4.2 GPA, challenging coursework and a compelling narrative of losing his father as a boy and struggling to make ends meet with his single mother, a low-wage Koreatown restaurant worker. But he didn’t bother to apply to Harvard or Yale.

  • Jun 27, 2023

    The Epoch Times

    哈佛案今听审 反AA团体高院前集会撑亚裔

    【大纪元2022年10月31日讯】(大纪元记者蔡溶纽约报导)在哈佛和北卡大学招生歧视案听审前一天,美国亚裔教育联盟(AACE)周日在华盛顿举行三个半小时的集会,不同背景、不同肤色的人在美国最高法院前,举着“人人享有平等的教育权利”“现在废除平权法案”“评判优劣,不看肤色”“多元性不等于肤色”等牌子,支持提起诉讼等原告方,众多人士在集会上发言。

  • Jun 27, 2023

    American Kahani

    Indian American Students on the Verge of Winning Their Case Before the Supreme Court on Affirmative Action

    One of the persons associated with the case is high-profile anti-affirmation activist Vijay Jojo Chokal-Ingam, brother of actor, writer and producer Mindy Kaling.

  • Jun 27, 2023

    The Wall Street Journal

    Racial Discrimination and Harvard’s Invidious Boxes

    Not only preferences but the categories that colleges use are unconstitutional.

  • Jun 27, 2023

    The Harvard Crimson

    Hundreds Gather for Dueling Rallies Ahead of Trial Challenging Harvard Admissions: Live Updates

    The day before a lawsuit challenging Harvard's admissions practices goes to trial, demonstrators took to the streets in Cambridge and Boston to hold two dueling rallies — one pro-Harvard and one pro-SFFA, the group suing the University.

  • Jun 27, 2023

    ‘We’re here to say no’: Asian American critics rally against Harvard admissions policy

    ‘We’re here to say no’: Asian American critics rally against Harvard admissions policy

    BOSTON — Lee Cheng, son of a librarian and a bookkeeper from China, graduated a quarter-century ago from Harvard University with a life story that represents an immigrant version of the American Dream.

  • Jun 27, 2023

    The Times

    Harvard on trial over quotas that limit Asians

  • Jun 27, 2023

    The Boston Globe

    Telling the Wrong Story About Racial Discrimination in Education

  • Jun 27, 2023

    Slate

    Why Some Asian-American Groups Are Supporting a Conservative Effort to Attack Affirmative Action

    Most Asian Americans support affirmative action. But the vocal minority supporting a lawsuit against Harvard are making sure their message is heard.

  • Jun 27, 2023

    The Pitt News

    Q&A with Vijay Chokal-Ingam: Affirmative action is racist

    Vijay Chokal-Ingam may not be as well-known as his famous sister, actress and comedian Mindy Kaling, but he’s generated a bit of chatter about his book, “Almost Black: The True Story of How I Got into Medical School by Pretending to be Black.”

  • Jun 27, 2023

    Fox News

    Rallygoers plead with Supreme Court to end race-based admissions: ‘Do not scapegoat Asians’

    The Supreme Court will hear arguments in two landmark affirmative action cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina

  • Aug 10, 2016

    The Wrap

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother Writing a Book About Pretending to Be a Black Man to Get Into Med School

  • Apr 10, 2015

    Huffington Post

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother Admits He Pretended To Be Black So He Could Get Into Medical School

  • Apr 8, 2015

    CNN

    Mindy Kaling’s brother: I faked being black to get into medical school

  • Apr 7, 2015

    NBC News

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother: I Posed As Black to Get Into Med School

  • Apr 7, 2015

    Inside Edition

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother Speaks Out on Pretending to be Black to Get into Med School

  • Apr 7, 2015

    Christian Science Monitor

    Why Mindy Kaling’s brother posed as black to get into med school

  • Apr 7, 2015

    CBS News

    Mindy Kaling’s brother claims he pretended to be black to get into med school

  • Apr 6, 2015

    Washington Post

    Mindy Kaling’s brother claims he got into medical school by posing as black

  • Apr 6, 2015

    The Telegraph

    Mindy Kaling’s brother ‘pretended to be black’ to get into medical school

  • Apr 6, 2015

    TIME

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother Claims He Pretended to Be Black to Get Into Med School

  • Apr 6, 2015

    NY Daily News

    Mindy Kaling keeping distance on ‘estranged’ brother’s claim he pretended to be black to get into medical schoo

  • Apr 6, 2015

    Us Weekly

    Mindy Kaling’s Estranged Brother, Vijay Chokal-Ingam, Pretended to Be Black to Get Into Med School

  • Apr 6, 2015

    Los Angeles Times

    Mindy Kaling’s brother says pretending to be black got him into med school

  • Apr 5, 2015

    PEOPLE

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother Claims He Pretended to Be Black to Get into Medical School

  • Apr 5, 2015

    New York Post

    Mindy Kaling’s brother pretended to be black to get into med school

  • Apr 5, 2015

    Daily Mail

    Mindy Kaling’s brother claims he ‘posed as a black man’ to get into medical school

  • Apr 5, 2015

    BuzzFeed

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother Says He Got Into Medical School By Posing As Black

  • Apr 4, 2015

    Daily Beast

    Mindy Kaling’s Brother Claims He Posed as a Black Man to Get Into Medical

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