'One of us': South Asians celebrate Harris as VP choice
The Asian American experience is one that is complicated and nuanced and robust, said Jayasinghe, who works in financial communications in New York. I feel connected to that.Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, often focuses on her identity as a Black woman. Gopalan took the sisters to India to visit relatives and gave both, Kamala Devi Harris and Maya Lakshmi Harris, names rooted in Indian culture. The first Indian American congresswoman, she and Asians also celebrated Harris as a Black woman. It isnt just that we want her to be an Asian American sister for us.