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![ToscaAusten Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::4769536303.png) Tosca Austen [@ToscaAusten](/creator/twitter/ToscaAusten) on x 123.5K followers
Created: 2025-07-17 15:19:48 UTC

When it might have given him a leg up at Columbia, Zohran checked the ‘black’ box.
Of course.
Whatever it takes to climb the rungs on the ladder to power.

Zohran Mamdani claimed to be
"African American" when he applied to Columbia University, Obama’s alma mater.

Born in Uganda, Mamdani, who is of Indian descent, identified as both “Asian” and “Black or African American” on his 2009 college application.

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