![]() "I’m the daughter of a mother who broke down all kinds of barriers. On the campaign trail and thereafter, Kamala often spoken about her mom. Kamala hasn't said much about her dad recently. So, that happened! Even though no one in the family's given an update (or said anything on the matter), it sounds like the relationship has always been complex. When emailed by Politico for further comment, Donald said, "I have decided to stay out of all the political hullabaloo by not engaging in any interviews with the media." The post has now been deleted. (A travesty? Wow.) Kamala's campaign, no surprise, had no comment. "Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty," he added. Her father sent a comment to a Jamaican publication, saying, "My dear departed grandmothers (whose extraordinary legacy I described in a recent essay on this website), 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." ![]() She said, "Half my family’s from Jamaica, are you kidding me?" I couldn’t help thinking there and then: What a moment of exciting rediscovery being handed over from one generation to another!" He was critical of one of Kamala's jokes on the campaign.Īt one point while she was on tour, Kamala was asked whether she smoked pot when she was young (which I think is a ridiculous question, TBH, but whatever). I quickly followed her with my trusted Canon Super Eight movie camera to record the moment (in my usual role as cameraman for every occasion). He continued writing: "Upon reaching the top of a little hill that opened much of that terrain to our full view, Kamala, ever the adventurous and assertive one, suddenly broke from the pack, leaving behind Maya the more cautious one, and took off like a gazelle in Serengeti, leaping over rocks and shrubs and fallen branches, in utter joy and unleashed curiosity, to explore that same enticing terrain. "We trudged through the cow dung and rusted iron gates, up-hill and down-hill, along narrow unkempt paths, to the very end of the family property, all in my eagerness to show to the girls the terrain over which I had wandered daily for hours as a boy." He said, "One of the most vivid and fondest memories I have of that early period with my children is of the visit we made in 1970 to Orange Hill," he wrote. In an essay for Jamaica Global Online, Donald wrote about his daughters experiencing their heritage. Kamala moved away at 12 years old when her mother got a research job in Canada.Ī post shared by Kamala Harris photo posted by on He's spoken about his family's Jamaican heritage. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, she was "part of the second class to integrate Berkeley’s classrooms when she began school in 1969." The project achieved national recognition for its efficacy at the time. Initially, the family lived in California Kamala talked about being bussed to school in California in the first Democratic debate. When you love somebody, then love turns into very hard bitterness, you don't even want to talk to them." Gopalan's brother told The New York Times: "She was quite unhappy about the separation but she had already got used to that and she didn't want to talk to Don after that. My father was my mother’s first boyfriend." The friction in the family was a source of worry for her, including when she invited both parents to her high school graduation, "even though I knew they wouldn’t speak to each other." In The Truths We Hold, Harris spoke about her parents' relationship, writing, "had they been a little older, a little more emotionally mature, maybe the marriage could have survived. "Nevertheless, I persisted, never giving up on my love for my children or reneging on my responsibilities as their father." In a 2018 essay written by Donald , he discussed the divorce, saying it "came to an abrupt halt in 1972" after losing a "hard-fought custody battle in the family court of Oakland, California." He explained that despite the divorce, his love for his family never faltered.
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