Redigerer Kamala Harris (avsnitt)

=== Barndom ===
[[Fil:Kamala Harris - Berkeley childhood home.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris sitt barndomshjem i Bancroft Way i [[West Berkeley, Berkeley, California|West Berkeley]] i [[California]].{{byline|Foto: Jim Heaphy|12. august 2020}}]]

Da Harris begynte i [[barnehage]]n, ble hun kvotert som en del av integrasjonspolitikken til [[Berkeley Unified School District]] til Thousand Oaks Elementary School, en offentlig skole i et mer velstående nabolag i det nordlige Berkeley.<ref name="Berkeleyside">{{Cite news|last=Orenstein|first=Natalie|date=24. januar 2019|title=Did Kamala Harris' Berkeley childhood shape the presidential hopeful? Long before she was a 2020 presidential contender, Kamala Harris was a resident of the Berkeley flats and a student at Thousand Oaks.|work=Berkeleyside|url=https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/01/24/did-kamala-harris-berkeley-childhood-shape-the-presidential-hopeful|access-date=12. august 2020}}</ref> Tidligere hadde denne skolen bestått av 95 % hvite. Etter at integrasjonspolitikken trådte i kraft bestod skolen av 40 % fargede.<ref name="Busing">{{Cite news|last=Dale|first=Daniel|title=Fact check: Kamala Harris was correct on integration in Berkeley, school district confirms|publisher=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/fact-check-kamala-harris-busing-in-berkeley/index.html|date=29. juni 2019}}</ref> 

Etter skilsmissen fikk moren og de to barna mye hjelp av Regina Shelton som blant annet leid dem en leilighet.<ref name=":2" /> Shelton tok Harris og søsteren regelmessig til en [[afroamerikanske kirker|afroamerikansk]] [[Baptisme|baptistkirke]] i Oakland hvor de sang i barnekoret.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0819/In-Kamala-Harris-richly-textured-background-a-portrait-of-America-today |last=Bruinius |first=Harry |date=19. august 2020 |title=In Kamala Harris' richly textured background, a portrait of America today |magazine=Christian Science Monitor |accessdate=21. august 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/5-faith-facts-about-biden-s-vp-choice-kamala-harris-black-baptist-hindu-family |title=5 faith facts about Biden's VP choice Kamala Harris – a Black Baptist with Hindu family |last=Shimron |first=Yonat |agency=Religion News Service |date=12. august 2020 |work=National Catholic Reporter |accessdate=21. august 2020 |quote=But because her parents divorced when she was 7, she also grew up in Oakland and Berkeley attending predominantly Black churches. Her downstairs neighbor, Regina Shelton, often took Kamala and her sister, Maya, to Oakland's 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland. Harris now considers herself a Black Baptist.}}</ref><ref>{{Webbref|titel=How race helped shape the politics of Senate candidate Kamala Harris|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-ca-harris-senate-20150930-story.html|verk=Los Angeles Times|datum=2015-09-30|hämtdatum=2020-08-10|språk=en-US|efternamn=Facebook|efternamn2=Twitter|förnamn3=Show more sharing|efternamn3=options|efternamn4=Facebook|efternamn5=Twitter|efternamn6=LinkedIn}}</ref> Moren introduserte [[hinduisme]]n for dem og tok dem til et nærliggende [[hindutempel]], hvor Harris tidvis sang.<ref>{{citation | last1 = Gettleman |first1 = Jeffrey |last2=Raj |first2=Suhasini|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/world/asia/kamala-harris-india.html | title=How Kamala Harris's Family in India Helped Shape Her Values| work=New York Times | date=16. august 2020 | accessdate=17. august 2020}}</ref> Som barn, besøkte Harris og søsteren morens familie i [[Chennai]] flere ganger.<ref name="Finnegan-quote">{{cite news|last1=Finnegan|first1=Michael|title=How race helped shape the politics of Senate candidate Kamala Harris|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-ca-harris-senate-20150930-story.html|accessdate=1. desember 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=30. september 2015}} Quote: "Steeped in Indian culture, Harris and her sister, Maya, now a civil rights lawyer and senior policy advisor to Hillary Rodham Clinton, visited family in Madras on occasion."</ref> 

Harris ble sterkt påvirket av sin morfar [[P. V. Gopalan|Painganadu Venkataraman Gopalan]] (1911–1998), en pensjonert indisk offentlig tjenestemann som hadde radikale synspunkter på [[demokrati]] og [[kvinnesak]]. Harris har vært i kontakt med sine indiske tanter og onkler gjennom hele sitt voksne liv.<ref name="grandfather">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/world/asia/kamala-harris-india.html |title=How Kamala Harris's Family in India Helped Shape Her Values|last1=Gettleman|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Raj|first2=Suhasini|date=16. august 2020|work=The New York Times|accessdate=18. august 2020}}</ref> Kamala Harris var som barn på besøk hos bestefaren i [[Zambia]] på slutten av 1960-tallet. Etter at foreldrene ble skilt besøkte de ofte familien i Chennai.<ref name=":02">{{cite news|last1=Bengali|first1=Shashank|last2=Mason|first2=Melanie|date=2019-10-25|title=The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-10-25/how-kamala-harris-indian-family-shaped-her-political-career|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Los Angeles|access-date=15. juni 2020}}</ref> Hun har besøkt farens familie på Jamaica.<ref name="Dolan-Casey">{{cite news|last1=Dolan|first1=Casey|title=How Kamala Harris' immigrant parents shaped her life – and her political outlook|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/10/kamala-harris-president-parents-shyamala-gopalan-donald-harris-berkeley/|accessdate=14. august 2020|work=The Mercury News|date=10. februar 2019|quote=Kamala also visited far-flung family in India and Jamaica as she grew up, getting her first taste of the broader world.}}</ref> Harris uttalte i 2019 at hun identifiserte seg som «amerikansk» (''American)''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=Kevin|title='I am who I am': Kamala Harris, daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, defines herself simply as 'American'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-am-who-i-am-kamala-harris-daughter-of-indian-and-jamaican-immigrants-defines-herself-simply-as-american/2019/02/02/0b278536-24b7-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html|accessdate=6. oktober 2019|work=The Washington Post|date=2. februar 2019}}</ref>

Foreldrene skilte seg da Harris var syv år gammel. Harris har sagt at da hun og søsteren besøkte faren i [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]] i helgene, fikk andre barn i nabolaget ikke lov til å leke med dem fordi de var afroamerikanere.<ref name="Finnegan-quote" /> Da hun var 12 år gammel, flyttet Harris og søsteren sammen med moren til [[Montreal]] i [[Quebec]] i [[Canada]], hvor Shyamala hadde fått en stilling innenfor forskning og undervisning ved det [[jøder|jødiske]] sykehuset [[Jewish General Hospital]] som var tilknyttet [[McGill University]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Sam|last=Whiting|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Kamala-Harris-grew-up-idolizing-lawyers-3232851.php|title=Kamala Harris grew up idolizing lawyers|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=14. mai 2009|accessdate=11. januar 2014}}</ref>