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Mamdani's mom says 'he is not an American at all.
"The mother of New York City 's socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani revealed in a newly unearthed interview that her son 'is not an American at all.' Mira Nair, an internationally acclaimed filmmaker and mother of the 34-year-old mayoral hopeful, spoke about her then-college-aged son in a now-archived interview with The Hindustan Times back in 2013. She shared how she and her husband, Mahmood Mamdani, kept their son tied to his Indian heritage after leaving the country at 19. Then, she claimed that Mamdani doesn't see himself as a true American."
"'He is a total desi. Completely. We are not firangs at all,' Nair told the outlet. The word 'desi' refers to a person of South Asian descent, typically from India , Pakistan , or Bangladesh. 'Firang' is more commonly used in India as a derogatory term for foreigners, particularly white or Western people. 'He is very much us. He is not an American at all,' she added. 'He was born in Uganda, raised between India and America. He is at home in many places. He thinks of himself as a Ugandan and as an Indian.'"
"Attorney Mehek Cooke, an Indian-born GOP consultant and commentator, called Nair's use of the word 'firangs' nothing short of a 'slur,' according to Fox News Digital . 'It's the word used back in India to mock outsiders, to say you don't belong. Using it here about your own child raised in the United States carries the same tone as calling someone a derogatory word - or worse,' Cooke told the outlet. 'It's flippant, divisive and dripping with contempt for the very country that gave your family a better life,' he added. 'When Mamdani's mother says her son was 'never a firang and only desi,' it's a rejection of America.'"
"Earlier this year, Mamdani's 2009 Columbia University application was leaked, showing he identified as both 'Asian' and 'Black or African American' on the Ivy League application - a school he was ultimately rejected from. Critics, including New York Mayor Eric Adams, slammed the move as 'an insult to every student who got into college the right way.' Mamdani defended himself and stated that he checked multiple boxes to reflect his true heritage. 'Most college applications don't have a box for Indian-Ugandans, so I checked multiple boxes trying to capture the fullness of my background,' he explained."
