Mindy Kaling's Brother Pretended to Be Black to Get Into Med School

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It is actually funny to see folks up in arms about this.

Based on current aggregate stats of PWI’s nationwide, in a hypothetical admission class of 1000 students, you would have 60-70 Blacks and 20-30 Latinos. So, at the most 10% of your class would be URM’s. Instead of worrying about competing for the other 900 spots, you turn your cannons to that 10%.

Essentially, y’all are saying that you are in favor of a level playing field as long as there is no detriment to Whites. LOL

But that is fine. That is why I tell the kids that I work with to take advantage of every opportunity. Apply to these schools and if you get in…great. It matters little why you got in or did not get a spot because of you – you have a spot. Make the most of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Kudos to him. A perfect illustration as to why affirmative action is bankrupt and unworkable today.

Tell that to white women...the main beneficiaries of AA.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an acquaintance who did Something very similar to get into a top undergrad program (pre med). She is american born to Pakistani parents (both mom and dad). However, her father, although 100% pakistani ethnicity and citizenship (before becoming american)was born in egypt. She claimed African on her applications. She ended up excelling and entering a well regarded although not top 10 medical school.

The point is she did well in med school. Your scores mostly depend on your socioeconomic background. They have nothing to do with how smart you are. I am sure that I got into law school because of AA. My scores were not as high. However, I kicked ass in law school and on the bar. Does that mean that I didn't deserve to be a lawyer even though my dad only had a 6th grade education and didn't know (and couldn't afford) that you are supposed to get private tutoring for your entrance exams? SAT prep was a mystery to me in high school. I didn' t know that people did that. Was I as smart as my white counterparts? Hell yes. Did I have the same advantages? Hell no. Not just money, but also exposure.

Your post makes some pretty ridiculous assumptions. All white kids get private tutoring? All white kids get SAT prep?

I'm a minority, and my husband is white and an attorney. He grew up dirt poor. His parents weren't highly educated. But, somehow you (or I) deserved to be in law school over him, simply based on race.
That is why I find affirmative action so obnoxious. If they want to base it on socioeconomic status, then maybe I could see that. But, basing admissions on race is wrong. Some black people grow up disadvantaged, just as some white people do.

Just my opinion but yes. America benefited from centuries of free labor from our ancestors so this is just the payment.

My ancestors never benefitted from free labor. Were your ancestors slaves? Probably not, but you will claim they were to help further your arguement. There were far more African slaves in South America than in North America, you never hear about themconstantly asking for freebies.

Not to mention the massive cost of freebies already doled out over the years. Oh, and the 750,000 people that died to end slavery.

Yeah, you aren't owed shit.

If you are living in the U.S. then yes you benefited from my ancestors free labor. A lot of blacks in those countries are poor and struggling as well. Brazil has more blacks than any country outside of Africa and we see how poorly they are faring.

Jews and the Japanese who were in interment camps received reparations so why not African Americans.

LOL, reparations are hilarious. All the graveyards around the country holding the dead bodies of people died to free slaves would think differently. You just want something free, typical

I haven't been given anything free but I do think certain groups deserve special consideration being that these groups were unfairly harmed based purely on skin color for the last several centuries. Let's not forget Jim Crow of which many of our parents and grandparents were alive during this time.

The whole point of this article is that it is easier to get into med school if you are AA. AA's are given preference becuase of their skin color. duh, that is one of ten thousand different forms of reparations.

You just want a check for nothing.

Get lost and grow up

Wow, so now getting into med school is a check? You have problems far deeper than posting. You are truly an idiot. So you get in. What is I have poor MCAT scores, but great grades. Are you better? Your boards are color blind. I don't know a lot of black students who don't pass those.