{"id":2344500,"date":"2024-09-22T14:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-i-heard-that-shes-indian-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:17:02","slug":"janet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-i-heard-that-shes-indian-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-i-heard-that-shes-indian-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Jackson questions if Harris is black: \u2018I heard that she\u2019s Indian\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjanet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-i-heard-that-shes-indian-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a\u200d recent interview, musician Janet Jackson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">questioned<\/a> Vice President \u2063Kamala Harris&#8217;s ethnic\u2064 background, expressing that she\u2064 had heard\u2062 Harris is not black\u200b but of Indian descent. Jackson made these comments while promoting her European tour and discussing the\u200b possibility of the U.S. electing its first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvards-diversity-hire-president-finally-resigns-is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-dei\/\" title=\"Harvard&#039;s President Resigns: Is DEI in Trouble?\">female black president<\/a> in the \u200cupcoming 2024 election. Despite being informed that\u200b Harris identifies as both black and Indian, Jackson reiterated her claims about Harris&#8217;s\u2064 lineage, indicating a lack of recent news\u2064 awareness regarding the Vice President&#8217;s background. Harris&#8217;s father is Jamaican and her mother is Indian, and she \u2063has been\u2063 vocal about embracing both her identities. When asked if the U.S. is ready for Harris\u2064 to \u200cpotentially serve as president, Jackson expressed uncertainty, indicating that there might be &#8220;mayhem&#8221; regardless \u200dof the outcome.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Janet Jackson questions if Harris is black: &lsquo;I heard that she&rsquo;s Indian&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1765902\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Musician<\/a> Janet Jackson questioned Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s ethnicity, stating that she had heard Harris is &ldquo;not black&rdquo; and instead is of Indian descent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jackson, the sister of the late Michael Jackson, was promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.janetjackson.com\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>her European tour<\/a> in an interview when she was asked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a> and her thoughts about the prospect of the United States electing its first female black president. This prompted Jackson to say she had heard that Harris is not black, adding, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what I heard, that she&rsquo;s Indian.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The interviewer clarified that the vice president is of both black and Indian descent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Her father&rsquo;s white. That&rsquo;s what I was told,&rdquo; Jackson said to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2024\/sep\/21\/janet-jackson-interview-on-bad-relationships-new-music-and-kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the Guardian<\/a><\/em>. &ldquo;I mean, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-democrats-stole-votes-for-joe-biden-from-every-developmentally-disabled-person-in-milwaukee-homes-she-spoke-with\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Democrats Stole Votes for Joe Biden from Every Developmentally Disabled Person in Milwaukee Homes She Spoke With\">haven&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered her father was white.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3107778\/trump-digs-in-attacking-harris-biracial-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harris&rsquo;s father is of Jamaican descent<\/a> while her mother is Indian, with the vice president stating she was raised to embrace both identities. Prior to becoming vice president, Harris attended Howard University, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">historically black college<\/a> in Washington, D.C., and was also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus when working as the junior senator from California.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was then questioned if the U.S. is ready for Harris to serve as president, with the musician responding that she &ldquo;truthfully&rdquo; does not know.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think there might be mayhem,&rdquo; she falters. &ldquo;Either way it goes, but we&rsquo;ll have to see.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The debate on Harris&rsquo;s ethnicity started back in late-July when former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> questioned her race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106396\/trump-nabj-spar-black-journalists-harris-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>arguing Harris had been identifying as black<\/a> when &ldquo;she was always of Indian heritage.&rdquo; Trump claimed she had identified as Indian for most of her life, &ldquo;then all of a sudden, she made a turn&rdquo; and identified as African-American.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3110162\/donalds-spars-stephanopoulos-trump-focused-on-harris-record-over-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has defended Trump&rsquo;s comments<\/a>, citing how the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-congress-senate-elections-united-states-government-general-news-united-states-senate-0f65a4bba07344bfb2c6650ff02a27b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Associated Press <\/em>wrote an article in 2016<\/a> referring to Harris as the first Indian woman to win a Senate seat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1765902\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1765902\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janet Jackson raises doubts about Kamala Harris&#8217;s ethnicity, saying, &#8220;I heard that she\u2019s Indian.&#8221; During an interview while promoting her European tour, the musician and sister of the late Michael Jackson was asked about the 2024 election and the possibility of electing the first female black president. This led her to express that she had heard Harris is not black but rather of Indian heritage. The interviewer clarified that Harris has both black and Indian roots. Jackson responded by stating, \u201cHer father\u2019s white. That\u2019s what I was told,\u201d adding that she hadn\u2019t followed the news recently and believed it was revealed that Harris&#8217;s father is white. In reality, Harris&#8217;s father is Jamaican and her mother is Indian; she has mentioned being raised to appreciate both aspects of her identity. Before becoming vice president, Harris attended Howard University\u2014a historically black college\u2014and served as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus while representing California in the Senate. When asked if America is ready for Harris as president, Jackson admitted uncertainty: \u201cI think there might be mayhem&#8230; but we\u2019ll have to see.\u201d The discussion around Harris&#8217;s ethnicity began in late July when former President Donald Trump questioned her racial identity, suggesting she had identified as black despite having Indian heritage for most of her life before suddenly changing her stance. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) supported Trump&#8217;s remarks by referencing a 2016 Associated Press article describing Harris as the first Indian woman elected to the Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2344501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JacksonHarris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41457,32438,5069],"class_list":["post-2344500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-janet-jackson","tag-kamala-harris","tag-race"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JacksonHarris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}