Kamala Harris isn't just the first Black woman on a major ticket. She's also the first Asian American
The initial headlines announcing Kamala Harris’s candidacy for vice president heralded her selection as the first Black woman on a major party’s presidential ticket. But soon, social media was bubbling with talk of another historic aspect of Harris’s selection: She’s also the first Asian-American to be on a presidential ballot in November.
Days into her selection, multiple communities are laying claim to Harris’s milestone moment — and debating the political meaning of her multicultural background. Is her South Asian identity being overlooked? Did her Blackness take center stage for good reason? And why do so many Americans still struggle to talk about multiracial identities?
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