Nairobi, Aug. 28 -- I'm black and I'm proud of being black. I was born black and I'll die black, and I'm not going to make excuses for anybody because they don't understand", Kamala Harris said in an interview in response to claims by conservatives that she was not black enough to qualify as being black because her parents were Jamaican and Indian therefore she does not have slave blood.
Some went on to say that she is actually the descendant of a slave owner to prove their point. But so was Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist and social reformer and he was considered black.
Any time a black person aspires to greatness, their blackness is questioned because according to the narrative, greatness or excellence is the exclusive preser...