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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow about a collection of international articles about Joe and Kamala?
Would love to see how the world is reacting.
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How about a collection of international articles about Joe and Kamala? (Original Post)
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2020
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malaise
(268,997 posts)1. Jamaicans Joyful As Biden Picks Harris For VP
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20200812/jamaicans-joyful-biden-picks-harris-vp
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Ecstatic! The best choice! Very proud!
That was the effusive praise from expatriates to news that Joe Biden, former United States vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee for president, had selected Jamaica-descended California Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate in the November 3 election.
Irwine Clare, community activist and head of Caribbean Immigrant Services, described Harris selection as a historic moment.
As a woman with Jamaican roots, her elevation shows that as a country, Jamaica has developed many nuggets who have made their mark on the global stage, Clare told The Gleaner on Tuesday.
Dr Basil Wilson, former lecturer, said that he was not surprised at her selection.
As a Jamaican, it is another recognition of the impact Jamaicans have had on the global scene, he said.
Wilson described the selection as a hell of a breakthrough.
<snip>
Ecstatic! The best choice! Very proud!
That was the effusive praise from expatriates to news that Joe Biden, former United States vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee for president, had selected Jamaica-descended California Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate in the November 3 election.
Irwine Clare, community activist and head of Caribbean Immigrant Services, described Harris selection as a historic moment.
As a woman with Jamaican roots, her elevation shows that as a country, Jamaica has developed many nuggets who have made their mark on the global stage, Clare told The Gleaner on Tuesday.
Dr Basil Wilson, former lecturer, said that he was not surprised at her selection.
As a Jamaican, it is another recognition of the impact Jamaicans have had on the global scene, he said.
Wilson described the selection as a hell of a breakthrough.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)2. Thank you, Malaise! A very cheerful write up!
I look forward to repairing our standings with the other nations of the world. Well, most of them. You can suck it, Vlad!
malaise
(268,997 posts)3. Here's another very good read with comments from her maternal uncle
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/kamala-harris-influenced-indian-jamaican-heritage-200812170300624.html
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Kamala Harris is not just the first Black woman to be selected as a vice-presidential candidate in the United States.
A child of immigrants, Harris is the first woman of Indian and Jamaican descent to reach a position in US politics that has long been reserved for whites only.
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is betting that, on balance, Harris will have broad appeal with Black women and other voters of colour and serve as an anchor for the Democratic Party - all while boosting turnout among white liberals and pulling support from independents and Republican-leaning white voters who have soured on President Donald Trump. Indeed, Harris's human life story stands in sharp political contrast to the severe anti-immigrant policies of Trump and his administration.
"Our family feels happy and I feel happy that my sister, Shyamala, her mother, would have been very happy and proud of her daughter," Harris's maternal uncle Gopalan Balachandran told media outlets in India on Wednesday.
"It's a historic day in number of ways for the Indian community for the first time getting into a high political position," Balachandran said, according to the Reuters news agency.
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Kamala Harris is not just the first Black woman to be selected as a vice-presidential candidate in the United States.
A child of immigrants, Harris is the first woman of Indian and Jamaican descent to reach a position in US politics that has long been reserved for whites only.
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is betting that, on balance, Harris will have broad appeal with Black women and other voters of colour and serve as an anchor for the Democratic Party - all while boosting turnout among white liberals and pulling support from independents and Republican-leaning white voters who have soured on President Donald Trump. Indeed, Harris's human life story stands in sharp political contrast to the severe anti-immigrant policies of Trump and his administration.
"Our family feels happy and I feel happy that my sister, Shyamala, her mother, would have been very happy and proud of her daughter," Harris's maternal uncle Gopalan Balachandran told media outlets in India on Wednesday.
"It's a historic day in number of ways for the Indian community for the first time getting into a high political position," Balachandran said, according to the Reuters news agency.
Spazito
(50,338 posts)4. Here are some from Canada...
Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as U.S. vice-presidential running mate
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/joe-biden-kamala-harris-us-vice-president-1.5682385
Joe Biden's new running mate, Kamala Harris, is a Westmount High graduate
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/kamala-harris-westmount-high-1.5682499
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)5. Thanks!