It's kind of interesting that her father has said he identifies as Jamaican. I read something (can't remember where right now) in which he said he does not identify as "black" or as "African". Her mother was born in India, which at 1.5 billion people makes her hardly a minority in the global community ;-). Harris is in fact the first Jamaican-Indian-American to run for the office of president, as far as I know. Which for me is neither qualifying nor disqualifying.

A good friend who is first generation US born of Jamaican parents identified as "American". One time someone asked him if he preferred the label "black" or "African-American"; he said he preferred the label his parents gave him (his given name). And asked why he needed any other label? I'm still waiting to hear a good answer to that question. If only we could evaluate political candidates based on their record of performance instead of skin color, location of reproductive parts, or party affiliation.