Mary’s candidate Mama Mammani defined as Black in Colombia’s application

Zochran Mammani, the nominee of the Democratic mayor of New York, is intended as “black or African American” in his statement at the Colombian University of 2009, although he says he does not consider himself black, black, The New York Times reported Thursday.

According to Times, internal data came from the database database past Columbia applications, which was part of a recent hacking focused on League School ivy.

Mamdani, the senior school of that time, also checked “Asian” and reportedly wrote in “Ugandan” in space for an additional background. In the end, he was admitted to Colombia, though his father is a professor of the elite school.

Now 33 years old, Mammani has told The Times that he defines as “an American born in Africa,” and said that checking multiple boxes is an effort to reflect his “complex background” so as not to gain an advantage during the competition.

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Students see the University Haradok of Columbia University on April 14, 2025 in New York. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

But at the time, Colombia, like many elite universities, used racial techniques, a system that the Supreme Court beat in 2023.

“Although these boxes are holding back,” Mamdani said, “I wanted my application to reflect who I am.

Mammani told The Times that, apart from these college forms, he does not remember how he never identified as a black or African American.

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Candidate for Mary New York, State Representative Zohran Mammani, talks to supporters during the elections. (Michael M. Santiago/Getti Image)

His parents are both Indian origin. His father, Professor Colombia Mahmoud Mamdani, lived in East Africa for generations, but Mammani said there was no marriage in the family with native African groups.

Mammani leaned toward his South Asian and Muslim identity on the company’s way. During June, he also emphasized his African roots on the national network of Al -Charptan Action: “I was born in Camanda … I was given my name Kwam, my father, who called me after the first Prime Minister Ghana.”

President Donald Trump Mammani brought at a rally on Wednesday, saying that if he interfered with immigration law, we would have to arrest him. ”

On Saturday, June 28, 2025, in New York, on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in the New York Zohran Mammani, Mary New York candidate, during the House of Justice in Harlem’s House in Harlem. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Look, we do not need a communist in this country, but if we have, I will keep a close eye on them on behalf of the nation,” Trump added.

Mammani, self -identified Democratic socialistDiscarded the remarks, accusing Trump of “trying to send a message to every New York, who refuses to hide in the shade: if you talk, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation.”

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