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What Kamala Harris Means To Mixed Race California Family

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Bongo Sidibe and Joti Singh, with their kids, Sumaya (standing) and Jaleela. (Jamey Firnberg/Courtesy Bongo Sidibe and Joti Singh)

Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, July 23, 2024…

  • Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an Associated Press survey. The California delegation voted unanimously to support Harris’ candidacy for president.   
  • Many Californians with a mixed heritage, particularly those who are Black and South Asian, see someone like Kamala Harris as a person like them, who is representing their community and country.

Harris ‘Proud’ Of Delegate Support To Become The Democratic Presidential Nominee

The Democratic National Committee is moving ahead with plans to hold a virtual vote in which delegates are expected to name Vice President Harris as the party’s new nominee ahead of next month’s convention.

DNC chairman Jaime Harrison says DNC officials will hold an electronic roll call by Aug. 7. That news comes as the Associated Press reports that Harris has secured enough delegate commitments to lock up the nomination.

Harris said late Monday in a statement that she is “proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee.”

‘She’s Black And Indian Like Me’: What Seeing Kamala Harris Means To A 6-Year-Old (And Her Parents)

Bay Area resident Joti Singh says the possibility of a Kamala Harris presidency means something to her young daughters who, like Harris, are also of Black and South Asian descent.

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In this story produced by The California Report Magazine in 2021, the family is preparing for  Kamala Harris being inaugurated as vice president. 

“Kamala Harris is Black and Indian. She was awesome because it felt great to have another Black and Asian person. I’m mixed and I’m proud of it,” said 6-year-old Sumaya Kaur Sidibe, who lives in San Francisco with her parents Joti Singh and Bongo Sidibe.

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