Comedian Mindy Kaling'solder brother,Vijay Chokal-Ingam, has revealed he was accepted into medical school by faking his race and taking advantage of affirmative action policies. <\/p>\n
\"I shaved my head, trimmed my long Indian eyelashes, and applied to medical school as a black man,\" he writes on his blog, almostblack.com. \"Vijay the Indian-American frat boy become Jojo the African American Affirmative Action applicant to medical school.\" <\/p>\n
Covering up his roots, Chokal-Ingam self-identified as black on his college applications and, despite having a less than impressive 3.1 GPA, was soon invited to interview at Harvard, Columbia and many more prestigious schools. He ended up enrolling inSt. Louis University Medical School, but dropped out after two years and\"eventually was accepted at, and graduated from, UCLA Andersons MBA program as an Asian Indian-American\", reports the NY Post. <\/p>\n
I disclosed that I didnt receive financial aid from the University of Chicago, and that I had a nice car, he said. I was the campus rich kid... and yet they considered me an affirmative-action applicant. <\/p>\n
Why did he do it and why is he so passionate about sharing his story? To prove that affirmative action programs don't work and that, if anything, they're actually propagating racism. <\/p>\n
\"#affirmativeactionis DISCRIMINATION; it's a lie to call it else. I got into medical school with a 3.1 GPA as black,\"Chokal-Ingam tweeted before following thatup with a number of more messages on the matter, including: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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