his 18-year-old son, john vijay, has come for a visit.o, mccrory didn't even know he existed. >> growing up, i always wanted to know who my father was, but i never really did. i seen pictures of him and i would ask about him and my mom would kind of tell me this and that about him. it was a rough conversation there. she finally started telling me. i wanted to get to know him. we started a relationship through letters and like that, and i finally got to come meet him. >> mccrory and vijay immediately connected. >> i guess a person didn't know they could actually love like you can love or care about a person like you care until you actually have that part of you. that's my only kid. that's the only one i got. so it's the world. there's nothing more important than that bond, so it's everything. >> got a visitor. >> yes, sir. >> he just has so much love and affection to show for me that i had no idea of until i finally got to see him. >> vijay is currently in college in another state and gets to visit mccrory three to four times a year, inclu

vijay ended up dropping out. >> when you accept some one who is not qualified because of their race sometimesy don't succeed. which is what happened to me. >> he said rachel's case highlights a bigger issue. >> if everyone can lie about their race on their application then affirmative action will fall apart like a house of cards. >> now he is an admissions consultant and author and believes what he did was wrong. >> people were very angry. i think a lot of the people have faced a lot of racism in their lives. >> for lacy schwartz seeing dolezal's reaction elicited strong reactions. >> the fact is that her parents outed her to the media as not being black. you have to wonder why would they even do that? >> schwartz 38 is biracial but thought she was white until she was 18 when her mother confessed she lied to schwartz awful her life. >> i grew up actually believing i was white. i thought i was who my family was. we had our explanations why i looked the way i did. but the rest of the world that didn't seem to hold up. >> whatever happened with you and daddy. >> she made a film called "little wh

and we have vijay pendakur from the cal state fullerton school system and our final panelist is dr. darrick hamilton with the new school of public affairs. i'll ask you each to raise your right hand to be sworn. do you swear or affirm the information you're about to provide us is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief? yes? okay. thank you. dr. white, please proceed. >> thank you, chairman castro, commissioners and staff, for the opportunity to speak with you today. my name is timothy p. white the chancellor of the california state university. the csu is a public university comprised of 23 campuses, 460,000 students and 47,000 staff and we're celebrating this year our graduation of our 3 millionth living alumment we're one of the largest and most diverse university systems in the country. i'm honored to be before you this morning to discuss the work that the cal state university does to expand access to a quality education to provide the tools students need to excel and to graduate and to carry out our public mission for the good of all californians and americans

my name is vijay pendakur, associate vice president for student affairs at cal state university fullerton. my testimony aims to support and augment earlier testimony of chancellor white on the impact of federal funded programs on educational attainment for minority students, specifically through the lens of cal state fullerton. chancellor white often says and i firmly believe that access without the opportunity to succeed is not true access. a meaningful education means not only getting your foot in the door but being empowered with the support to persist and succeed all the way through to graduation. enrolling in college is a critical step for minority, low income and first generation students but this is only the first step in a long educational journey. along which these students face proportionally greater social, cultural and economic barriers than other students. at cal state fullerton we have an intimate understanding of the barriers they face and we have a proven record of giving them not just access but a collegiate experience with the possibility of great success. as one of the