article_snippet.sent: : Chokalingam applied to medical school claiming to be African-American.
article_snippet.sent: This revelation led Chokalingam to make the decision to pose as a black man, both to "dramatically improve" Chokalingam chances of admission, and to illustrate the unfair advantage that blacks and other underrepresented minorities receive when applying to prestigious schools.
article_snippet.sent: Chokalingam received invitations for in-person interviews at 11 schools, results that Chokalingam claims support the notion that African-Americans garner special privileges that are unavailable to whites or Asians.
article_snippet.sent: And now that the statute of limitations on Chokalingam act of fraud has expired, Chokalingam's looking to write a book on Chokalingam experiences, titled "Almost Black:
article_snippet.sent: The True Story of an Indian American Who Got Into Medical School Pretending to Be an African American.
article_snippet.sent: What's truly curious is that even if you agree with Chokalingam that affirmative action is merely a form of "systematic racism," when all is said and done, affirmative action offers very little evidence of the "privilege" that Chokalingam claims is accorded to black, Hispanic and Native American candidates.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Chokalingam admits, pretending to be black came with disadvantages.
article_snippet.sent: Chokalingam found Chokalingam being accused of shoplifting by store clerks and harassed by cops — who would regularly stop Chokalingam while driving and demand that Chokalingam tell them how much Chokalingam car cost, implying that Chokalingam must have stolen how much his car cost.
article_snippet.sent: These acts of very real prejudice, experienced regularly by blacks and Hispanics of all backgrounds — multimillionaire comedian Chris Rock has recently been tweeting pictures of the occasions when Chokalingam is pulled over by police for no reason
article_snippet.sent: — didn't seem to dissuade Chokalingam from Chokalingam adamant belief in the unfairness of a system that seeks to address the shockingly low numbers of minority health practitioners by providing some weight to race and ethnicity in decision-making.
article_snippet.sent: Which really cuts to the heart of what's so sad about Chokalingam's racial farce.
article_snippet.sent: — Chokalingam wanted to claim the fruits of racial affiliation without having to carry black people's burden.
article_snippet.sent: Because what's most ironic about — Chokalingam's decision to ride on — Chokalingam sister's coattails in telling — Chokalingam story: While Asians are well represented in medicine, our numbers are vanishingly low in the entertainment and media world, and until the recent breakthrough of modern pioneers like Mindy Kaling, it was impossible to imagine film and television that included our faces, voices and stories.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mindy Kaling's brother Vijay Chokalingam pretended to be black to get into med school .
  