An election year that was already bitterly partisan has been completely upended by President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 White House race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, could potentially become the first female president who is also multiracial.
Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, has brought attention to American identity politics and the increasing number of multiracial individuals in the country. In 2010, nine million people identified as multiracial, and by 2020, that number had risen to 33.8 million.
