“Kamala Aunty': Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate is generating glee among many South Asians worldwide and putting the spotlight on her as the first person of Asian descent on a major party presidential ticket.
The 74-year-old woman, who immigrated from southern India to the U.S. in the 1970s, said Harris joining the ticket felt like a family member had accomplished something. Like many others, Keny saw her own immigration story in the candidate’s mother.and frequently invoked stories about the cancer researcher and civil rights activist who died in 2009. Gopalan first came to America in 1958.
A graduate of Howard University, Harris has made clear that she is both confident and proud of her Black identity. In a March 2019 radio interview, she answered a question about her identity by saying: “I’m Black, and I’m proud of being Black. I was born Black. I will die Black, and I’m not going to make excuses for anybody because they don’t understand.”
“It isn’t just that we want her to be an Asian American sister for us. She really is representative, this biracial piece is representative of the experiences that so many immigrant communities have had, learning from the leadership of Black communities,” she said. “So we want her to claim all of us and we will all claim her.”
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