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It's important too that she has African heritage (by way of Jamaica, a former British slave colony) and that she identifies as black. But all of this is, again, in the context of a system of race hierarchy. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here, Du Bois is useful. "The black man is a person who must ride 'Jim Crow' in Georgia." Which is to say, what makes Harris "black in an American context" is that her phenotype makes her subject to race hierarchy. — PolitiTweet.org

What does it mean to call Kamala Harris "black" in an American context? People keep saying, "Well, she looks black.… https://t.co/nwIk0Aw2ZL

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A large part of the story, as well, is that "Black America" has historically been inclusive of many, many people who were not direct descendants of American slaves: Marcus Garvey, Kwame Ture, Shirley Chisholm, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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