Kamala Harris: “My father, who had been a national scholar in Jamaica.”

“My mother arrived from India in the United States at the age of 19 by herself. My mother, naturally, at that young age Became aligned with the civil rights movement in Berkeley. In Oakland, California, met My father, who had been a national scholar in Jamaica. They fell in love. And here I am. My sister and I were born, and we were born in an environment where everyone was fighting for justice and for.” (05:37–05:43)

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