Aug 14, 2024 · U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ birth certificate has been shared in posts online as proof that the Democratic presidential candidate is not of Asian American or Black Jamaican heritage.

Aug 11, 2020 · Under federal contracting law, which gives preferences to minority-owned companies, Harris could claim Asian American or African American status based on her partial Asian and African ancestry,...

Aug 14, 2020 · In her new role, Harris will break many barriers of her own: She is the first woman, first Black person, and first person of South Asian descent to become the vice president of the United States....

Aug 1, 2024 · Harris, whose mother was born in India and whose father is from Jamaica, has always identified as both Indian American and Black. Trump appears to be trying to resurrect bogus social media...

Jul 31, 2024 · After former President Donald Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity July 31 at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, some of his supporters used...

Oct 24, 2024 · While false accusations initially emerged during her bid to become the first Black woman and first East Asian to serve as vice president, a new wave of claims have surfaced calling into question...

Aug 14, 2020 · The pair highlighted the historical significance of Harris being the first Black woman, and first person of Indian descent, to be nominated for national office by a major party in the United...

Kamala Harris is a Black woman of Afro-Jamaican and Indian heritage. [5] Harris's birth certificate, dated November 5, 1964 (left), an affidavit correcting her middle name from Iyer to Devi, dated February 18, 1965 (right). ... [21] which previously had been 95 percent white, and after the desegregation plan went into effect became 40 percent ...

Jul 31, 2024 · Donald Trump has questioned Kamala Harris' racial identity during a heated exchange at a convention for black journalists. Trump falsely claimed the vice-president and presumptive Democratic...

Aug 18, 2020 · Among Hispanic adults who reported two or more racial categories (based on the census definition), 30% said most people would think they were White if they passed them on the street, while 24% said most people would see them as Hispanic, 17% as multiracial, 10% as Black and 4% as Indigenous.