Black and Desi? In a shocking twist, a US presidential contender finds Kamala Harris having multiple identities
But apart from the great Djokovic backhand compliment, Trump is really still perplexed if Kamala Harris is Indian or Black. In a public conversation at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on July 31, the kamala-haired one said, 'I've known her for a long time. Indirectly. Not directly, very much. And she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don't know, is she Indian, or is she Black?'
He made it clear he wasn't being disrespectful. 'I respect either one. But she was Indian all the way. And then, all of a sudden she made a turn and became a Black person.'
Trump is fond of mixing diverse ingredients in his signature dish, soup. So, one has to look carefully to find the main ingredient. The crux here lies in two sentences: 'A number of years ago when she happened to turn Black' and 'All of a sudden she made a turn and became a Black person.' The rest is broth.
While Trump's confusion is understandable, he needs to understand that we live in an enchanted fairytale world where magical transformations take place all the time. Who knows, tomorrow he might wake up and find that he's been turned into a McDonalds Happy Meal. This is more complex than it sounds. He will have to make up his mind if he wants to be the patty, the bun, the cola, or the toy. God forbid, he might even wake up with an Afro in place of the curled kamala
