We have always been at war with Eastasia and Kamala Harris has always been Indian.
I notice the AP hasn't run any fluff pieces on JD Vance's wife, who is much more Indian than Kamala Harris.
Interesting, huh?
Anyway, here's what the Kamala fans masquerading as journalists had to say:
When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in the U.S., residents in her maternal family's ancestral village in southern India watched in real time, setting off fireworks, holding up portraits of her and wishing her a long life.
But, four years later, as she works to become the Democratic nominee for president after President Joe Biden ended his campaign, reaction across the country has been more muted. While some residents in the capital, New Delhi, expressed pride when asked about her this week, a handful wondered who she was.
Can't you feel the objectivity?
The hard-hitting journalism?
The piercing critique of a woman who wants to be the leader of the free world?
At least partially, that could reflect how Harris — who is also Black, with a father born in Jamaica — has treated her origins.
Oh my! So intersectional! She's Jamaican and Indian and a woman! Those are the leading qualifications for [checks notes] U.S. president that the Associated Press wants you to know!
'Harris doesn't wear her Indian roots on her sleeve, choosing instead to emphasize her Jamaican heritage,' Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, said.
SHE'S OUT HERE IN THESE STREETS, Y'ALL!
As vice president, she has deployed stories of her ties to India at key moments — at times light-heartedly — but her policy portfolio has been more domestic and did not focus on relations with India, he said.
I love how this is the only criticism the AP could muster.
Beyond a smattering of references, analysts say Harris hasn't tapped her Indian identity heavily.
Today, few members of her extended family remain in India. Other than the trips during her childhood, Harris hasn't visited the country much — and not since she became vice president, another reason that could explain why her candidacy hasn't resonated widely in the country yet.
Or, hear me out, Indians don't generally care about the president of a country on the other side of the world, and they certainly wouldn't care about a politician like Kamala Harris who has a horrible track record in governance and administration, even inside her own office.
Anyway, maybe Kamala Harris is leaning on her Asian heritage so that people don't re-discover that her father, a retired Stanford University economics professor, is on record claiming the family is directly descended from Jamaican slaveowners!
Ruh-Roh!
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