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.@KamalaHarris' Dad Blasts Her for Jamaican Pot Joke frontpagemag.com/point/272918/k…
Senator Kamala Harris tried to pander to pro-crime voters by papering over her record on drug legalization with a Jamaican pot joke. Harris was raised in Canada by her Brahmin Indian mother. Her Jamaican father and her mother divorced when Kamala was young.
Her mother was an internationally famous cancer researcher and the daughter of P.V. Gopalan, a high-ranking Indian diplomat from the Brahmin caste. Her father was a professor of economics at Stanford who served as an adviser to multiple Jamaican prime ministers.
As a Los Angeles Times article described her, she was the “privileged child of foreign grad students”.
Senator Harris, who had previously opposed drug legalization, denied that she opposed marijuana legalization. “Half my family’s from Jamaica, are you kidding me,” she retorted.
Senator Harris, who had previously opposed drug legalization, denied that she opposed marijuana legalization. “Half my family’s from Jamaica, are you kidding me,” she retorted.
Her family is from Jamaica. But Senator Harris is cynically playing on stereotypes about drug use.
Donald Harris’ Stanford bio describes him as an “economic consultant to the Government of Jamaica and as economic adviser to successive Prime Ministers”.
Donald Harris’ Stanford bio describes him as an “economic consultant to the Government of Jamaica and as economic adviser to successive Prime Ministers”.
He had been a Fellow at Cambridge and a Fulbright Scholar in South America. He had even done consulting work for the UN and the World Bank.
The Harris family is descended from slave-owner Hamilton Brown. His grandfather, Joseph Alexander Harris, was a landowner.
The Harris family is descended from slave-owner Hamilton Brown. His grandfather, Joseph Alexander Harris, was a landowner.
And the Harris family does not find Kamala's pot joke amusing.
Donald Harris, Kamala Harris’ Jamaican father, has vigorously dissociated himself from statements earlier this week attributing her support for smoking marijuana to her Jamaican heritage.
Donald Harris, Kamala Harris’ Jamaican father, has vigorously dissociated himself from statements earlier this week attributing her support for smoking marijuana to her Jamaican heritage.
Prof Harris has issued a statement to jamaicaglobalonline.com in which he declares:
“My dear departed grandmothers, as well as my deceased parents , must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected...
“My dear departed grandmothers, as well as my deceased parents , must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected...
...in any way, jokingly or not with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics. Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty.”
