Cenk Uygur
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Actress Mindy Kaling’s Brother Faked Being Black To Get Into Med School
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April 8, 2015
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April 8, 2015
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2,103
1,211
2.54%
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7:35Now Playing"Applying to medical school is no easy feat, and apparently Mindy Kaling's older brother assumed the hurdles would be much easier if he were black.
Vijay Chokal-Ingam, who is the son of Indian immigrants, admitted on his website, AlmostBlack.com, that he self-identified as African-American on med school applications because he assumed doing so would increase his chances of being accepted. Chokal-Ingam said his test scores were not as favorable and so he pretended to be a black man because he said admission standards for African-American students were 'less stringent.'” *
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