SCOOP: Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application 🧵⬇️I report with @DanaRubinstein and @NPFandos for @NYTimes: Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background. @ZohranKMamdani
GIFT LINK: SCOOP: Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application I report with @DanaRubinstein and @NPFandos for @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0...
These are the questions @Columbia posed to applicants about race and ethnicity during the 2009-2010 application cycle when Zohran Mamdani applied. He indicated that he was both Black or African American and Asian. “Most college applications don’t have a box for Indian-Ugandans, so I checked multiple boxes trying to capture the fullness of my background,” said @ZohranKMamdani, a state lawmaker from Queens. The archive of the application form: https://web.archive.org/web/20... The @NYTimes article I co-reported on Mr. Mamdani's application to Columbia: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0...
