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Mindy Kaling’s Brother: I Faked Being Black To Get Into Medical School

Hank Berrien

In an unintentional stinging rebuke to the idea that institutional racism exists in America, Vijay Chokal-Ingam, brother of The Mindy Project actress Mindy Kaling, admits that he faked being black so he could get into medical school.

Writing in The New York Post, Chokal-Ingam states that he was a model student in high school before joining a fraternity in college and committing “a great deal of effort to fun.”

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