{"id":57630,"date":"2019-02-19T20:38:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57630"},"modified":"2019-02-25T18:22:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:22:03","slug":"in-kamala-harris-presidential-campaign-indian-americans-want-more-opportunities-to-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57630","title":{"rendered":"In Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, Indian Americans want more opportunities to connect"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, Indian Americans want more opportunities to connect<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

NBC News<\/a>
\n2019-02-12<\/p>\n

Chris Fuchs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Sen.<\/a>
\nSen. Kamala Harris<\/a>, D-Calif.<\/a>, at a rally launching her presidential campaign on Jan. 27 in Oakland, California<\/a>. Noah Berger \/ AFP – Getty Images<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

While the California Democrat has caught the eyes of South Asian voters, some say her ethnic background isn’t enough for them to identify with her.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shiv Dass, 82, recalls fondly the time he met Hillary Clinton<\/a> when she visited Jackson Heights<\/a>, in the Queens<\/a> borough of New York City<\/a>, while campaigning in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Dass, the owner of Lavanya, an Indian apparel store on 74th Street for almost a quarter century, described the Clintons as having a close relationship with the Indian-American<\/a> community, owing in part to what he said was Bill Clinton\u2019s support of India when he was president.<\/p>\n

Now that a woman with Indian roots, Sen. Kamala Harris<\/a>, D-Calif.<\/a>, is running in the 2020 presidential race, Dass, a Democrat, will have some decisions to make.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud that she is Indian, but I will not support her because she is Indian,\u201d Dass, who immigrated to the United States<\/a> in 1966, said. \u201cI will support her if she is good for us, good for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris, who kicked off her campaign in her hometown of Oakland in late January<\/a>, was born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother. She supports policies such as Medicare for all, debt-free college, and a tax cut that will benefit working families…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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