After opening up about his experiences of posing as a black man to apply to medical schools, Mindy Kaling’s older brother has said that his sister does not approve of his actions.
On his blog, Almost Black, Vijay Chokal-Ingam said that none of his family approves of his book, in which he’ll controversially claimed he was only accepted into medical school in the late 1990s because he posed as a black man.
‘My sister Mindy Kaling (Vera Mindy Chokalingam), of the Mindy Project and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, strongly disapproves of my book,’ he wrote.
‘She actually said, “This book will bring shame on our family”. The rest of my family does not agree with the book. Still, they respect my right to make my own decisions with my career,’ he added.
Chokal-Ingam says on his blog that he felt he had to change his appearance to get into the St. Louis University School of Medicine and heavily attacks affirmative action policies in the United States.
'I was determined to become a doctor and I knew that admission standards for certain minorities under affirmative action were, let's say… less stringent?' wrote Chokal-Ingam. (Daily Mail UK)
What her brother did was completely wrong...AND I'm not pleased on the "shaming the family" comments. Shame cause his actions OR that he pose as black to do it??? Just really unclear there.
