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Jan 20, 2021 · Getty/Instagram Kamala Harris's ethnicity is Indian and Jamaican. Vice President Kamala Harris has an interesting family tree. What is her ethnicity? Harris is the daughter of a...
Kamala Harris's Jamaican American father, Donald J. Harris, is of Afro-Jamaican and Irish-Jamaican ancestry. He is a Stanford University professor of economics (emeritus) who arrived in the United States from British Jamaica in 1961, for graduate study at UC Berkeley, receiving a PhD in economics in 1966.
Aug 14, 2020 · As the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, Harris is biracial. But America still doesn’t know how to talk about multiracial people. Identity is complicated, and she shouldn’t have to ...
Aug 14, 2020 · Harris has said before that she simply identifies as “American,” although her life was ingrained in African American culture. The suggestion that Jamaicans aren’t connected to Africa is ...
Jan 20, 2021 · Ms Harris, 56, was born in Oakland, California, to two immigrant parents: an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father. Kamala Harris. Kamala, left, as child with her mother and...
Aug 13, 2020 · NBCBLK. Black, Asian, American: Kamala Harris' identity, how it shaped her and what it means for voters. Advocates say that Harris’ multiracial background in an arena that's long been...
On January 20, 2021, Kamala D. Harris became the first woman, the first African American woman, the first Indian-American, the first person of Asian-American descent, and the first graduate of an HBCU to be sworn in as the Vice President of the United States of America.
