Mindy Kaling’s Brother Attacks Affirmative Action

Mindy Kaling’s Indian-American brother Vijay was not able to get into med school. However, Mindy Kaling’s African-American brother Jojo was able to get in. The twist!? They’re the same person.

Vijay Chokal-Ingam wrote about his experience on his blog “Almost Black“. After he was rejected applying as an Indian-American, Vijay changed his look by shaving his head, used his middle name “Jojo” and applied as an African-American. He wrote, “I became a serious contender at some of the greatest medical schools in America, including Harvard, Wash U, UPenn, Case Western, and Columbia. In all, I interviewed at eleven prestigious medical schools in 9 major cities across America, while posing a black man. Not bad for a kid with a 3.1 College GPA, heh? My plan actually worked. Lucky for you, I never became a doctor.”

Vijay added there was downside to posing as a black man even though it got him accepted to medical school. “Not everything worked out as planned. Cops harassed me. Store clerks accused me of shoplifting. Women were either scared of me or couldn’t keep their hands off me. What started as a devious ploy to gain admission to medical school turned into twisted social experiment.”

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