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malaise

(267,845 posts)
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 08:11 AM Oct 2021

Kamala Harris' father, Professor Don Harris

will receive a national award (Order of Merit) at the annual Award Ceremony here in Jamaica today. I am assuming this will be virtual but I'll add that later.
Today is a Public Holiday - National Heroes Day

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Kamala Harris' father, Professor Don Harris (Original Post) malaise Oct 2021 OP
neat bigtree Oct 2021 #1
I didn't know much about Professor Harris: panader0 Oct 2021 #2
I know him malaise Oct 2021 #3
That's cool. I'm guessing he lives in the Bay Area now? panader0 Oct 2021 #5
Don't know where he is these days malaise Oct 2021 #6
Don was the first black person to receive tenure in Economics malaise Oct 2021 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Oct 2021 #4

bigtree

(85,920 posts)
1. neat
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:15 AM
Oct 2021

...recall this:

Donald Harris reflects in this essay on the ‘Jamaicanness’ of his daughter Kamala.

"As a child growing up in Jamaica, I often heard it said, by my parents and family friends: “memba whe yu cum fram”. To this day, I continue to retain the deep social awareness and strong sense of identity which that grassroots Jamaican philosophy fed in me. As a father, I naturally sought to develop the same sensibility in my two daughters. Born and bred in America, Kamala was the first in line to have it planted."

read more: https://www.jamaicaglobalonline.com/kamala-harris-jamaican-heritage/


"Hanging out with my family in Jamaica..." (Courtesy of Kamala Harris)

panader0

(25,816 posts)
5. That's cool. I'm guessing he lives in the Bay Area now?
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:12 AM
Oct 2021

Wiki says he's a professor emeritus at Stanford.

malaise

(267,845 posts)
6. Don't know where he is these days
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:14 AM
Oct 2021

I have close friends who used to babysit Kamala and Maya back in the Stanford days.

malaise

(267,845 posts)
7. Don was the first black person to receive tenure in Economics
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:03 AM
Oct 2021

at Stanford. He is not here to receive his OM - the virtual ceremony has started

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