"My mother, Shyamala Harris, had one of her own traveling from India to California, with an unshakeable dream. [...] embracing the unprecedented means by which she had arrived at the Democratic presidential nomination."
"Harris might be forced to downplay her mother's ancestry while reaffirming her father's Caribbean roots. Asian Americans have never in US history been seen as salient to this nation's political discourse."
"Harris has always been both/and, not either/or, celebrating both her Black and Asian birthrights with equal pride – and in the run-up to the convention, Black and Asian Americans have celebrated along with her."
"An internet-shattering Black Women for Harris Zoom call drew 44,000 attendees and raised $1.5m in three hours. [...] a South Asian Women for Harris online rally gathered a crowd of 9,000 and equaled its predecessor's $1.5m in the same span."
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