Fact-Checking False Claims About Kamala Harris
CLAIM:
Harris is not Black.
THE FACTS:
This is false. Harris is Black and Indian. Her father, Donald Harris, is a Black man who was born in Jamaica. Shyamala Gopalan, her mother, was born in southern India. Harris has spoken publicly for many years, including in her
2019 autobiography, about how she identifies with the heritage of both her parents.
Despite ample evidence to the contrary, social media users are making erroneous claims about Harris’ race.
“Just a reminder that Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris isn’t black,” reads one X post that had received approximately 42,000 likes and 20,400 shares as of Monday. “She Indian American. She pretends to be black as part of the delusional, Democrat DEI quota.”
But Harris is both Black and Indian. Indeed, she is the first woman, Black person and person of South Asian descent to serve as Vice President. This fact is highlighted in her biography on WhiteHouse.gov and she has spoken about her ethnicity on many occasions.
Fact-checking the wave of false claims about Kamala Harris’ presidential eligibility and background.
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False. Presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris identifies as both Indian American and Black.
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AP Headlines Called Harris Indian American in 2016, Black in 2020?
On July 24, 2024, an apparent screen capture of a post from former U.S. President Donald Trump circulated online showing two alleged Associated Press (AP) headlines, one from 2016 and the other from 2020. The two headlines centered on Vice President Kamala Harris. The first one said Harris was the first "Indian-American US senator" while the second said she was the first "Black woman" nominated as a presidential candidate's running mate (archived):
While there had been Black U.S. senators before Harris, no Indian-American had ever been elected to the Senate:
This is the fact that the AP sought to underscore in 2016. Later, in 2020, she became the first Black female and first Indian-American vice presidential nominee in history.
So we see the pure racism of the trump supporter.