Harris is 1st Black, South Asian Woman on a Major Ticket
Clip: 8/19/2020 | 7m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Kamala Harris, a biracial woman, sparks conversations over racial assumptions.
As the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, she presents Americans an opportunity to revisit assumptions about race in society, and in particular, challenge how Americans may see someone who is multi-racial. Nitasha Sharma, associate professor of African American Studies and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University, discusses the historic pick.
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Harris is 1st Black, South Asian Woman on a Major Ticket
Clip: 8/19/2020 | 7m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
As the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, she presents Americans an opportunity to revisit assumptions about race in society, and in particular, challenge how Americans may see someone who is multi-racial. Nitasha Sharma, associate professor of African American Studies and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University, discusses the historic pick.
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