US EditionZohran Mamdani Clarifies Racial Identity After 2009 College Application Disclosure
- On Thursday, a report revealed that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani listed both Asian and Black or African American as his racial identities on his 2009 Columbia University application.
- This disclosure followed a cyberattack that obtained the application data, which the Times verified directly with Mamdani before publication.
- Mamdani, born in Uganda to Indian parents, stated that he identifies as an American with African origins rather than as Black or African American, and indicated that he selected multiple categories to represent his diverse background.
- The report sparked strong reactions including criticism from Mayor Eric Adams, a statement from Mamdani's former primary rival's spokesman suggesting possible fraud, and defensive remarks from Times editors.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries avoided addressing the controversy directly during a Saturday MSNBC interview, focusing instead on New York City's affordability challenges as the mayoral race continues.
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Times pushed ahead to avoid being scooped on Mamdani Columbia story
The ScoopThe afternoon before a long holiday weekend isn’t always the best time to drop a major scoop. But the New York Times did not want to wait to publish its story about Zohran Mamdani’s application to Columbia University in 2009, in which the paper reported that the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor then identified his race on a form as both “Asian” and “Black or African American.” Mamdani is of South Asian ethnicity and was born i…
Top House Dem dodges question about Zohran Mamdani identifying as African American on Columbia application
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused to delve into the controversy surrounding socialist New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's description of himself as "black or African American" on his application for Columbia University in 2009.
Left UPSET! NY Times Editor Goes to X to Defend Story on Mamdani Claiming to Be 'Black'
Left UPSET! NY Times Editor Goes to X to Defend Story on Mamdani Claiming to Be 'Black' The New York Times is getting slammed from the left for a story reporting that New York Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Momdani that in 2009, as part of a college application to Columbia, Mamdani checked boxes indicating that he was both “Asian” and “Black or African American.” The story is accurate, but lefties don’t want anything damaging published! It's a…
Black New Yorkers Furious Over ‘Fraud’ 2009 Claim From Socialist Mayoral Candidate Mamdani That He Was ‘Black or African American’
(Conservative Institute)—Black voters are unquestionably a core constituency of the Democratic Party, and that is bad news for the leading Democrat running to be New York City’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Some black New Yorkers are reportedly furious over the recent revelation that Mamdani, who was born in Africa of parents from India, once fraudulently claimed that he was “black or African-American” in a college admissions application, the New…
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