Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E kī ana a Vijay Chokal-Ingam i whakatakoto ia hei tangata pango i a ia e tono ana ki ngā kura rongoā i te tau 1998 nā te mea i whakapono ia he nui ake te tūponotanga kia whakaaetia ia. Ko te tuakana o te kaikanikani a Mindy Kaling i kii he tautohetohe i whakaaetia ia ki te kura rongoa i te mutunga o nga tau 1990 na te mea he tangata pango ia. I a ia e tuhi ana i runga i tana rangitaki, Almost Black, e kii ana a Vijay Chokal-Ingam i whakaaro ia me huri e ia tona ahua kia uru atu ai ki te Whare Wananga o St. Louis mo te Kura Hauora me te whakaeke nui i nga kaupapa here whakamana i te United States. 'I tino whakatau ahau ki te noho hei taote, a, i mohio ahau ko nga paerewa whakauru mo etahi tokoiti i raro i te mahi whakapuaki, me kii... he iti ake te kaha?' i tuhituhi a Chokal-Ingam. 'I uru ahau ki te kura rongoā nā te mea i kī ahau he pango ahau. Ko te mea whakamiharo, ehara ahau i te mea.' E whakaae ana a Chokal-Ingam kaore tana tuahine i tautoko i a ia i te wa o tana whakamatautau hapori, a i tino tono ia ia kia kaua e mahi. E kii ana ia i te tau 1998 i haehae ia i tona mahunga, i tapahi i ona 'ngau Indian roa' ka uru atu ki te Whakahaere o nga Akonga Pango i te wa o te mahi. Ko tana huringa i roto i te ahua he 'he mea whakamiharo e kore e mohio ki ahau e aku teina o te whare wānanga.' 'Ko Vijay te tamaiti Indian-American frat i riro hei Jojo te kaitono Afro American Affirmative Action ki te kura rongoa,' i kii ia, e kii ana ko Jojo te ingoa tuarua i whanau mai ai ia. Ahakoa tana paetukutuku, AlmostBlack.com, e whakaatu ana i nga tohu me nga pikitia o Chokal-Ingam hei tangata Inia-Amerika (maui) me te tangata pango (matau), kaore ia e tohu mena i uru ia ki te tukanga tono rite ki te tangata Inidan-American i a ia he tangata pango. I te mea he Amerikana-Inia, he GPA o te 3.1, MCAT o te 31 me te mema o te South Asian Student Association, kaore ia i whakaaro ka uru ia ki te kura rongoa, engari me te huringa o te ahua me te huri i te whakahaere a nga akonga, i whakaaro ia ka uru ia ki etahi o nga kura pai i te motu. 'I riro ahau hei kaitono nui i ētahi o ngā kura rongoā tino nui o Amerika, tae atu ki a Harvard, Wash U,...
E kī ana a Vijay Chokal-Ingam i whakatakoto ia hei tangata pango, ā, i whakaaetia ia ki te Whare Wānanga o St. Louis School of Medicine i te tau 1998. I whakatau ia he pai ake tana whai wāhitanga ki te uru atu ki te kura rongoā mēnā he pango ia, ehara i te tangata Indian-American. Ka kōrero i ōna wheako i runga i tōna ake paetukutuku, Almost Black, ā, ka whakahe i te mahi whakamana. E kī ana ia i haehae ia i tōna matenga, i tapahi i ōna 'ngākau Indian roa' me te whakauru atu ki te Whakahaere o ngā Ākonga Pango.