Reply to Zohran Mamdani...

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Zohran Mamdani..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again:  how was this dude not accepted to this school (apparently)??????[/quote]

I like Mamdani and think he has the energy and idealism needed. So I am not saying this as someone who doesn’t want him to win.

My guess is that the checking of the box for Black doomed his application. Children of faculty go into a different handling process. Usually they are highly favored, it is the biggest of hooks, only smaller than development donor. But the admissions team also know who the faculty parent is. So, they would have known exactly who he was. Therefore, that was likely seen as attempting to scam the system and an immediate disqualification. [/quote]

He is Ugandan by birth.[/quote]

The US Census definition of “Black or African American” explicitly refers to a “person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.” While the precise language used has shifted a little since Mamdani applied, the reference to origins in Black racial groups has been around for some time.

Colombia ADs would have known that, and generally the definitions used during that time period for admissions reflected the census. Mamdani as a teenager probably didn’t understand that that faculty children go into a different bucket, usually because they get a massive admissions advantage. But the down side is extra scrutiny, and what likely happened is that the ADs saw that, knew he did not have origins in the Black racial groups of Africa. They likely rejected him specifically because of the decision to check the box.

I would like Mamdani to win, I think he is the shot in the arm Democrats win. But this idiotic “He was born in Uganda! What he did was ethical and perfectly fine” response has to stop. Just let him say sorry, I was a dumb teenager, and move on. All this kind of response is doing is adding to the perception that the Democrats are untrustworthy. He can’t afford this behavior because right now his genuineness and apparent transparency is a big advantage. You’re hurting his campaign by pretending this was anything other than a cynical but dumb attempt to game the system when he was a teenager. Be honest about that and move on.

https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html[/quote]

What buckets should he have checked?

Considering the shady history of his opponents, why is this getting airtime?[/quote]

He should have picked Asian only. At the time, his ethnicity would have fallen into that category based on the census (which is what they used).

And this is getting airtime because this is a major campaign and he is in the big leagues now. Come on. [/quote]

Not based on the country of his citizenship?

It’s pretty pathetic that his college application is getting this much air time when he’s running against a criminal and sexual harasser.  Mamdani may be in the big leagues but this story is bush league.

Weak sauce, man.[/quote]

Haven’t kept up with this but his dad is a professor at Columbia and he didn’t get in. I wonder if the school caught his application and knew it was not accurate?[/quote]

That’s almost certainly what happened. Child of faculty is such a huge boost in admissions and he otherwise had a good application. He was caught lying by the ADs. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics