# NYC Mayor election thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 24, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085 "2025-06-24T17:40:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/238 "2025-07-04T08:43:38Z")

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Heh:

> **[Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html)**
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> Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/pGajAfR.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/pGajAfR)  
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/GcSBS2g.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/GcSBS2g)

In his defense, he does seem to be pretty stupid. Thinking that “Black/African American” included people just born in Africa could have been an honest mistake for him. Though maybe he could have asked his dad, who is a professor of African studies at Columbia.

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