Harris, 59, who already made history as the nation’s first woman, first Black American, and first South Asian American to be elected vice president, received endorsements from several prominent leaders, including former Democratic President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.
What is Vice President Kamala Harris’ nationality and ethnicity?
Harris, the former U.S. Senator from California and the state’s Attorney General, Harris, is a U.S. citizen. The daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, she was born in Oakland, California on Oct. 20, 1964.
On the campaign trail, Harris has worked to appeal to Black leaders and voters through conversations at barber shops and historically Black colleges and universities. She attended Howard University, an HBCU, and was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, which mobilized behind her and could be spotted at rallies.
“My intention is to earn and win this nomination,” wrote Harris in a statement. She is not guaranteed the nomination until she is voted in by delegates during the Democratic National Convention next month.
“Over the past year, I have travelled across the country, talking with Americans about the clear choice in this momentous election. And that is what I will continue to do in the days and weeks ahead,” she said.
Kamala Harris did not switch from identifying as Indian-American to Black
Posts on Facebook falsely suggest that Democratic Senator and Joe Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris’s claims to both her Jamaican and her Indian ancestry are inauthentic. These posts portray the media and Harris as being inconsistent in describing her racial identity by switching from “Indian-American” to “Black.”
Kamala Harris is the first Black woman and Asian-American on a major presidential ticket in the U.S. She is the daughter to late Shyamala Gopalan, who was Indian-American, and Donald Harris, who is Jamaican-American.
Senator Harris has long identified as both Black and Indian
She recognizes both parents’ heritage as part of her identity and her senate bio reads that she is “the second African-American woman and first South Asian-American senator in history”