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Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/23/2017 9:25:04 PM   
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Very interesting. This South Indian dude didn't have the sufficient grades to get in. So....., he knows that there are affirmative action for African Americans and the standards are lower. So he pretended to be a African American and with his way below acceptable grades. He got accepted.

And also he was saying, that in Universities, it's easy to claim to be a minority by simply claiming an ancestor in your family line is a minority race, despite them looking perfectly white. Many fairer students got in this way.

And they go by whatever race you put on your own application form. No verification whatsoever.

What a crazy system.

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/23/2017 9:44:50 PM   
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwMzZtU5H7I

Very interesting. This South Indian dude didn't have the sufficient grades to get in. So....., he knows that there are affirmative action for African Americans and the standards are lower. So he pretended to be a African American and with his way below acceptable grades. He got accepted.

And also he was saying, that in Universities, it's easy to claim to be a minority by simply claiming an ancestor in your family line is a minority race, despite them looking perfectly white. Many fairer students got in this way.

And they go by whatever race you put on your own application form. No verification whatsoever.

What a crazy system.



In order to claim Native American you have to be a registered member of a Tribe. Other than that it's pretty much just what ever you claim. I know people born on military bases in south or Central America that have birth certificates from there that legally qualify them, one is pure Irish decent but "legally" the birth certificate makes him Hispanic.. But you don't need it. Part of my family moved to Texas while it was still Mexico. That actually legally qualifies me as Mexican/Hispanic, while I've never claimed it.

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/24/2017 4:24:54 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Greta75

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwMzZtU5H7I

Very interesting. This South Indian dude didn't have the sufficient grades to get in. So....., he knows that there are affirmative action for African Americans and the standards are lower. So he pretended to be a African American and with his way below acceptable grades. He got accepted.

And also he was saying, that in Universities, it's easy to claim to be a minority by simply claiming an ancestor in your family line is a minority race, despite them looking perfectly white. Many fairer students got in this way.

And they go by whatever race you put on your own application form. No verification whatsoever.

What a crazy system.



Wasn't that an '80s comedy film?

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/24/2017 4:37:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		greta, I might have mentioned this before; go watch "soul man"---its an insightful comedy with the premise you just mentioned.

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/24/2017 5:41:13 AM   
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The trailer

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/24/2017 6:10:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		its a movie worth watching on a number of levels.

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/24/2017 7:49:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks guys! Looks funny! Never seen this movie!


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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/24/2017 12:10:11 PM   
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Thanks guys! Looks funny! Never seen this movie!



In the 80's they caught 2 white brothers in the Boston Fire Department who had each gotten
3 promotions over the years that they only qualified to get because they claimed to be black.

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/24/2017 9:47:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well at least he didn't pretend to be a Cherokee to get into Harvard.

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RE: Man pretended to be Black to get into Medical School - 8/25/2017 12:31:20 PM   
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Well at least he didn't pretend to be a Cherokee to get into Harvard.

They were only firemen, not senators.
It turned out that the 2 brothers didn't think they were doing anything wrong, they were right
but their family was from South Africa so they considered themselves to be African American, at
least that was their defense.
It beats stories my mother told me .

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