Who should claim to be a minority on college applications?

[PrimeMeridian]

An example of how there’s zero vetting or challenge of whatever race you claim:
Mindy Kaling’s brother

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/07/living/feat-mindy-kaling-brother-affirmative-action/

Chokal-Ingam says he hatched the plan in 1998 after realizing in college that his grades weren’t going to be good enough to get into med school as an Indian-American."
So, I shaved my head, trimmed my long Indian eyelashes, and applied to medical school as a black man,"
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Despite a relatively mediocre 3.1 college grade-point average and a good-but-not-great score of 31 on the Medical College Admission Test, Chokal-Ingam claims he was wooed by several top medical schools.

Not a single school challenged his racial identification.