NY Times grapples with liberal outrage over its Mamdani college application report
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‘The Five’ panelists discuss Zohran Mamdani listing himself as Black on his Columbia University application.
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TheNewYorkTimeswasforcedtospendtheFourthofJulyholidaydefendinganunflatteringreportaboutZohranMamdaniagainsttheoutrageofitsliberalreaders.
TheTimesreportedThursdaythatthesocialistNewYorkCitymayoralcandidate,whoshockedthenationbyclinchingtheDemocraticnominationlatelastmonth,checkedoffthathewasboth“Asian”and“BlackorAfricanAmerican”onhis2009collegeapplicationtoColumbiaUniversity.MamdaniisofIndiandescentandwasborninUganda.
“Mostcollegeapplicationsdon’thaveaboxforIndian-Ugandans,soIcheckedmultipleboxestryingtocapturethefullnessofmybackground,”MamdanitoldtheTimes.
TherevelationofMamdani’scollegeapplicationcamefromhackedColumbiaUniversitydocumentsthatweresharedwiththeTimes.
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