It's great to see folx celebrating #KamalaHarris as an #interfaith icon. But, I wonder if we're going to have any serious conversations about how her story represents the way #ChristianSupremacy makes it so common for folx to embrace Christianity over other religions. 1/
#KamalaHarris was raised primarily with her #Hindu mother, but that she now identifies as #Christian. She also went to a #Baptist church as a child, along with friends in her neighborhood. Presumably (like most places), church attendance was normalized, Hindu temples weren't. 2/
So, despite the strong #Hindu influence at home, her #Christian identity became central. She doesn't even identify as both, which is totally possible if your religions aren't exclusivist. eg: I identify with 2 religions (both non-Christian) because of my interfaith upbringing. 3/
Second gen folx converting or leaning into Christianity, and abandoning or minimizing their non-Christian religious heritage is a common phenomenon, that makes those of us who maintain non-Christian religious practices/identities an even smaller minority, deemed not-modern 4/
#ChristianSupremacy makes it feel normal, easy, & natural to practice & embrace Christianity; & also weird, embarrassing, and different to practice or embrace another religion. This is not an attack on #KamalaHarris, just a note about the reality of #ReligiousOppression 5/
If our #interfaith conversations aren't going to address the raging #ChristianSupremacy embedded even in #ReligiousDiversity discourse, they just support the normalizing of this oppressive system. I'd love to see #KamalaHarris talk about this openly and honestly. 6/6
