He's a mish mash deliberately misleading on his ethnicity
NY Times rushed out story on Mamdani claiming to be black on Columbia application over fears it would be scooped by Christopher Rufo: report
The Gray Lady is facing a storm of criticism following its decision to publish the story based on hacked Columbia documents that revealed Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, identified as both “Asian” and “Black or African American” on his 2009 college application.
Mamdani, who is of Indian descent and was born in Uganda, confirmed the details to the Times and said he checked those boxes because the application did not reflect the complexity of his background.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/07/media/ny-times-rushed-out-story-on-mamdani-claiming-to-be-black-on-columbia-application-over-fears-it-would-be-scooped-by-christopher-rufo-report/
Zohran Mamdani may be a lightweight in his own right, but as mayor, he’d bring an entire extremist movement along with him to City Hall, with dire consequences for the city.
Mamdani can hem and haw all he likes, but he’s the face of a truly radical movement, the Democratic Socialists of America — which boasts of being truly anti-capitalist and indeed looking to “seize the means of production,” which is as Marxist as anyone could ask.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/06/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-other-baggage-bringing-a-socialist-army-to-city-hall/