{"id":2344615,"date":"2024-09-22T21:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T01:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-as-she-heard-shes-indian-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T21:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T01:18:22","slug":"janet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-as-she-heard-shes-indian-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-as-she-heard-shes-indian-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Jackson questions if Harris is black as she heard \u2018she\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-as-she-heard-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=2344615&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 recent\u2064 interview \u2064promoting her \u200dEuropean tour, musician Janet Jackson raised questions about Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris&#8217;s ethnic background, suggesting that she had \u200cheard Harris might\u200c not be black and could be of Indian descent \u200dinstead. The discussion \u200barose\u200c in the context of the \u200cupcoming 2024 elections\u2063 and\u2064 the possibility\u2064 of electing \u200bthe first \u200dfemale black\u2063 president. Jackson remarked on Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-white-people-cant-be-any-less-white\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: White People Can\u2019t Be Any \u201cLess White\u201d\">racial identity<\/a>, stating that she had been told Harris&#8217;s father is white, a claim which led to a clarification that Harris is of\u200d Jamaican and Indian descent. The confusion highlighted Harris&#8217;s \u200dmultiracial heritage and her upbringing, \u2064which includes a strong connection to her African American identity, as evidenced\u200d by her education at Howard University \u2064and her role in the Congressional Black Caucus. When asked if the U.S. is \u200cready for Harris to\u200b become\u2062 president, Jackson expressed uncertainty, suggesting potential challenges regardless of 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 as she heard &lsquo;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 <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 <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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> 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 haven&rsquo;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-jackson-questions-if-harris-is-black-i-heard-that-shes-indian-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Janet Jackson questions if Harris is black: \u2018I heard that she\u2019s Indian\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">vice president stating<\/a> she was raised to embrace both identities. Prior to becoming vice president, Harris attended Howard University, a historically black college 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 racial identity, claiming she heard that Harris is &#8220;not black&#8221; but rather of Indian heritage. During an interview while promoting her European tour, the musician was asked about the upcoming 2024 election and the possibility of electing the first female black president. This led Jackson to express her belief that Harris is Indian, saying, &#8220;That&#8217;s what I heard.&#8221; The interviewer clarified that Harris has both black and Indian ancestry. Jackson responded by mentioning she had been informed that Harris&#8217;s father is white, stating, &#8220;I mean, I haven&#8217;t watched the news in a few days. I was told they discovered her father was white.&#8221; In reality, Harris&#8217;s father is Jamaican and her mother is Indian; she has stated that she embraces 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 as a junior senator. When asked if America is ready for Harris to be president, Jackson admitted she wasn&#8217;t sure and suggested there could be chaos regardless of the outcome: &#8220;Either way it goes, but we\u2019ll have to see.&#8221; The discussion around Harris\u2019s ethnicity began in late July when former President Donald Trump questioned her racial identification by asserting that she had always identified as Indian before suddenly identifying as African-American. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) supported Trump&#8217;s remarks by referencing an Associated Press article from 2016 which described Harris as the first Indian woman elected to the Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2344616,"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":[4021,6280,41457,5069,32076],"class_list":["post-2344615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-identity","tag-janet-jackson","tag-race","tag-washington-examiner"],"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\/2344615","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=2344615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}