Indians should use the historic VP selection of Kamala Harris to reckon with our own anti-Blackness

Posted on AllSides August 17th, 2020
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By now millions of South Asians around the world have argued over how to pronounce her name, how she chopped the onion when making dosa with Mindy Kaling, how she draped her shimmering red sari in that photograph with her Tamil grandparents. We have measured her desi-ness with the sort of fervor usually reserved for arguing over our favorite mango varietals.

It is no secret that Indian Americans wish to see ourselves reflected in Kamala Devi Harris. Long after we queued up patiently outside American embassies around the world and...

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