Ms. Harris chose not to deflect attention away from her multicultural heritage or to double down on it, nullifying the implication that being Black needs authentication, explanation, disavowal, or defense.
Ms. Harris, like my dad, considers her Blackness something to be celebrated and, at times, protected, highlighting the refusal to pit her heritages against each other while embracing Blackness as the primary political identity.
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