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[quote=Anonymous]She identifies as both Black and Indian. All of us who have followed her closely have seen how much love and pride she speaks about her dual heritage.

Her introduction to the concepts of equality, freedom and democracy came from her Indian grandfather, Ms. Harris said, with whom she went on long walks during her visits to Chennai. “It is these lessons I learned at a very young age that first inspired my interest in public service,” she said.

Ms. Harris grew up in California, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, and she identifies as Black and South Asian.

In India, her sudden elevation to likely presidential nominee after President Biden’s exit from the race has added to a general sense of pride in the country’s rise in global stature, though Indian news coverage has not focused much on her Indian heritage. While Ms. Harris maintains family ties in Tamil Nadu and has talked about her visits every other year to India as a child, she has not made any official trips to India as vice president.

Her candidacy resonates more in the Indian American community, even if Ms. Harris is seen as identifying more as Black than as Indian. Many Indian Americans see Ms. Harris as another example of the diaspora’s success and influence, including in politics, with growing numbers of Indian American lawmakers and candidates at the highest levels. (The five members of the House with Indian roots sometimes use the nickname “samosa caucus.”)

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