During her speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the influence of her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who immigrated to the US from India and taught Harris and her sister to fight against injustice. Harris also spoke about her father, Donald Harris, a post-keynesian economist from Jamaica who encouraged her to be fearless. While her parents split up when she was young, Donald remained involved in her life. He was not present at the convention but has been largely absent from Harris’ political career, except for critiquing her comments about marijuana use in 2019. Harris’ family, including her husband Doug Emhoff, sister Maya Harris, and stepchildren were present at the convention. Overall, Harris highlighted the importance of her multicultural background and the support of her family in shaping her political journey.
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