New York Times Grants Race Science Enthusiast Anonymity in Mamdani Hit Piece
New York Times Grants Race Science Enthusiast Anonymity in Mamdani Hit Piece
New York Times Grants Race Science Enthusiast Anonymity in Mamdani Hit Piece
Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York state assemblyman, shocked the political world last month with a primary win over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned his position in 2021 after several women accused him of sexual harassment.
The Times noted that on the campaign trail, Mamdani touted his Muslim faith and South Asian ancestry. He was born in Uganda in 1991 and moved with his parents to South Africa five years later. Two years later, the family moved to New York.
One of the speakers at the conference is billed under a social media alias, Cremieux, but the Guardian has corroborated that the account is apparently run by Jordan Lasker, a long-time proponent of eugenics.
His father was born and raised in Uganda, and it makes sense he and Zohran who spent half his life in Uganda, may consider themselves black or African. I’ve read that many full or mixed Indian origin people in South Africa (like Tyla) consider themselves colored. Indian origin people ended up in various African countries because of the Brits, but they’ve lived in their own culture since their ancestors were first brought over.
I new a guy from Egypt, who always listed himself as African-American. This was ~20 years ago, and his logic was that it was better than being known as Middle-Eastern.
I can't say that he was wrong :/
I've known many people that Americans would consider Middle Eastern who considered themselves to be African.