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Wilson K. Okello, Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Black Study in Education Lab, Penn State

Kamala Harris illustrates how complex identity is − and the pressure many multiracial people feel to put themselves in one ‘box’

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is often asked questions about her multiracial identity. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

People sometimes feel pressured to choose one identity over another. Kamala Harris, who is multiracial – her mother is from India and her father is a Black immigrant from Jamaica – illustrates the complexity of defining identity.

Harris is often asked questions about her Black identity. She has responded by saying how it relates to her sense of self. “I’m really clear about who I am, and if anybody else is not, they need to go through their own therapy.”

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