According to Trump’s false claims, the vice president and presumed Democratic nominee had exclusively highlighted her Asian-American origin up until a recent point in time when he asserted that “she became a black person”.
The National Association of Black Journalists convention was held in Chicago on Wednesday. “I didn’t know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black,” he added.
Thus, I’m not sure. Is she Indian? Or is she African American?”
What Ms. Harris described as “the same old show” of “divisiveness… and disrespect” was what Trump said.
She said, “The American people deserve better,” at a Sigma Gamma historically black sorority meeting.
We need a leader who recognizes that our diversity is not what separates us but rather what makes us stronger.”
With parents who were born in Jamaica and India, Ms. Harris is the first Asian-American woman and black vice president. She joined the predominately black Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority while attending historically black Howard University.
She joined the Congressional Black Caucus upon her Senate debut in 2017.
Trump’s assertions sparked a contentious discussion with Rachel Scott, a news correspondent and moderator for the Chicago event.
The Republican remarked, “I respect either one,” in reference to Harris’ race. “But it’s clear that she doesn’t because she was born and raised Indian and then abruptly changed her identity to become black.
