Kamala Harris has more reason to identify as "multi-racial" than Obama did
Obama had one white parent and one black (African) one. Such people rarely self identify as white.
Kamala Harris on the other hand is half black (Jamaican) , and half of Indian (south asian) heritage. Her mother was a breast cancer researcher named Shyamala Gopalan
who immigrated to the United States in her early 20's. Both of Kamala Harris maternal grandparents were 100 percent Indian (south asian).
The south Asian Indian community is very proud and happy Harris has reached a pinnacle in American politics, and I think she will be urged to show that heritage as well during this campaign.
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People whose heritage is from India make up about 1% of the U.S population.
How long do you think it will be before some bigoted Trump sycophant wants to see her long form birth certificate?
Why would anyone want to do that? She was born in the US. San Francisco to be exact? Never any doubt about it.
I'm sure someone will. They have people in that ideology who think that a pedophilia ring was run out of the basement of a pizza restaurant in Washington DC.
that pedophilia ring was run by epstein and maxwell to entrap politicians in blackmail.
more soon..
sure, but what about back here on planet earth?
A pizza restaurant that has no basement.
You're right !
The name Kamala is a girl's name of Hindi origin meaning "lotus or pale red; or, a garden". A soft and sinuous multicultural choice, also another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi..
That is beautiful.
So is the lotus:
Wow on her speech just now.!!! She touched on everything that is important to most Americans.
Well now we know what matters To Democrats, not ideas, not accomplishments, but racial Classification.
i thought we fought WWII to stop this.
Only selected for her race and gender
Sounds like pandering to me.
Will conservatives ever stop whining? People with Indian (south asian) heritage are proud and excited to see someone with their heritage at the height of American politics. Why does that upset you? Were you as opposed when Irish led the country in number of politicians?
Seriously, John?
Since the day Trump came down from the escalator, you ave done nothing BUT whine about the man.
Let me go ahead and help you with your response so you don't have to...
"Trump is not qualified or fit...he lies, like, one zillion times..and...and...and I don't like him because he is not Hillary"
Hope that helped...
This article is about Kamala Harris being multiracial.
Your pettiness is noted.
Yes because your 1.1.2 was all about Kamala Harris being multicultural s/
What did you expect John to do, crawl off into the wilderness and disappear forever? He spoke up, and he refused to give up his quest to prove Donald Trump has been, is now, and will always be unfit to hold office.
And what's not to whine about? The man is a creepy, old, lying, sack of racist poo. If that's your kind of President, have at it. But maligning another for sticking to his convictions and following a path that best helps him achieve a goal? Huh.
100% Sister.
If Nikki Haley were to run for POTUS...guess who will be singing a different tune?
better check her birth certificate...... just to be sure./s
I see you are back to troll Newstalkers again
Not only that, she has had the benefit of much of her early education being gained in Canada, where she learned about being Canadian during her most formative adolescent years. In my obviously biased opinion that has made her a better person. From Politico:
She's fully qualified, Sean. That she is a woman of color is a bonus. Besides, you have no intention of voting for Biden anyway, so why do you care?
You obviously dont know the difference between historically dominant racial groups and historically marginalized groups.
I agree. So why have conservative Republicans only nominated white Christians for President and Vice President? Do they truly believe that men and women of color aren't qualified because of the color of their skin? Or do you think it's just random chance that every single Republican candidate in their entire history has just happened to be white Christians?
Maybe he just expects the RNC to follow the DNC lead and sell itself to one candidate?
Devito is just too short for the part!
LOL!
Like I said: She is fully qualified.
Are you white?
In that's she's an American and over 35, yes fully qualified per the Constitution.
That's she a woman of color is her primary qualification for being selected by Joe Biden. Are you just going to pretend all the pressure that was put on Biden by democrats to pick not only a woman, but a black woman didn't exist? He already explicitly promised to rule out half the Democratic Party by excluding men, the party itself pushed for no white women.
Actually all you are doing is proving that you dont know the difference. Historically marginalized groups have a right to reference race. That is the point based on their historical marginalization. There needs to be evidence the situation has been remedied.
The first 63 Miss Americas were all white. Vanessa Williams winning in 1984 was the first evidence that Miss America wasnt racist, not the organizers saying for 63 years that the results were based on merit. The results are what count, not words.
There is nothing wrong with Biden saying he was going to pick a woman. It is the proof that the Democrats want and demand diversity.
So if for 200 years it was perfectly acceptable to deny American eligibility for elected position because they were black (effectively white affirmative action) and many white Americans were openly racist, once black Americans were allowed to vote and allowed to stand for elected office one party still only elected whites for the next 50 years, you consider that "equality"? And when one party puts a black candidate up for election the party that has only ever elected whites claims they're racist for nominating them? That's some sick and twisted logic that could only come from brainless bigots and dumb fuck white supremacists. Apparently many conservative Republicans just love silent racism but condemn any action to support minorities because to them, that would be racist. I think many conservatives just want to be racist without having to openly announce it, which just proves what utter useless cowards they truly are and why they welcome the Nazi's, KKK and other white supremacists into their party with open arms and count on them to vote for Trump along side them this November. Without the white supremacist vote Trumps chances would be non-existent.
What race was her ancestor who owned slaves?
If they were Democrats still why are virtually all of them voting for Trump and Republicans?
Living proof that some Democrats are smarter than others!
More like csy.
Here we go with the race thing again. Who cares? Instead of classifying her as asian indian jamaican whatever, just call her an American. But then liberals wouldn’t be able to call people who don’t like her, not because of her race or gender but because of her policies, racist! Hence the identity politics.
She was the first to drop out of the dem caucus/primary race because lack of support. Now libs are falling over each other heaping praise upon her. Lol.
Can't believe that's still an issue in 2020. Very depressing.
Donald Trump.
I don't care about race or gender. I care about whether the person is capable, with the skills and knowledge along with morals, principles and ethics.
Everything else shouldn't matter but the democrats just can't help themselves in highlighting the least important characteristics about their candidates. They are so absorbed in identity politics and checking boxes. They've learned NOTHING since Trump was elected and that's why Trump still has a chance to win a 2nd term.
wtf is the article claiming here?
Harris is more entitled to claim multi-racial status solely because she has two parents of different backgrounds versus Obama who also had two parents with different backgrounds?
Does anyone NOT get how fucking crazy that is???
It's not crazy at all . White people are not an historically marginalized group. To the contrary, whites are the ones who instituted the "one drop rule" which is why most people who are half black and half white identify culturally as black.
It IS fucking crazy!!!
she is no more multicultural than Obama.
Jesus, get a grip!!!
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yeah, I don't even attempt to decipher stupidity.
I leave that for those well versed in it.
Yep looks like she has some homo neanderthalensis in her jeans. I can see it in the forehead.