She is daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, both of whom immigrated to the U.S. during the Civil Rights Movement. She has always claimed she is multiracial. She is African American and Indian and according to the census bureau can claim either as here race.
The fact is very few Blacks in America are of pure African decent. On average, Black people who are descended from enslaved people in the United States have 75% African ancestry and 25% European ancestry. However, today with the mixing of races, Whites, Latinos, Asians, and Arabs, Blacks are as multiracial as Harris.