{"id":3445,"date":"2024-08-01T15:44:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T20:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2024-08-01T15:46:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T20:46:25","slug":"black-community-defends-vp-harriss-racial-identity-after-trumps-false-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/black-community-defends-vp-harriss-racial-identity-after-trumps-false-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Black community defends VP Harris\u2019s racial identity after Trump\u2019s false claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Madison Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Donald Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s racial identity, suggesting she recently became \u201cBlack\u201d this week at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump sat down for an intense 35-minute Q&amp;A session at NABJ, which left many members angry, disappointed, and frustrated with his appearance and remarks, particularly those directed toward Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe became a Black person,\u201d Trump said Wednesday, making the false claim that Harris only emphasized her Black heritage recently for political gain. \u201cI didn\u2019t know she was Black until several years ago when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natasha Alford, a Black journalist and author of \u201cAmerican Negra: A Memoir,\u201d took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to defend Harris, stating that Harris is indeed a Black woman and identifies as such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \u201cyou will be seen as Black first\u201d is a message many multiracial and multiethnic children get in this country. Kamala\u2019s mother understood this. We get this. Trump questioning her Blackness is all about trying to delegitimize her with an influential voting bloc.<\/p>&mdash; Natasha S. Alford (@NatashaSAlford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaSAlford\/status\/1818777962457842096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that many people don\u2019t know the difference between race, ethnicity, and nationality, so they are thinking that Kamala Harris is not a generational African American, meaning a descendant from channeled slaves in the U.S. That means she\u2019s not Black,\u201d Alford said after moderating a panel at NABJ on misinformation Thursday morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alford moderated a panel at the NABJ convention called \u201cSurviving in a World of Misinformation, Disinformation and Artificial Intelligence.\u201d Alford spoke alongside other journalists: Ed Gordon from BET News, Taurean Small from CBS News, Femi Redwood from Epicenter NYC, and Nikole Killion from CBS News. During this panel, they discussed the importance of fact-checking, spreading misinformation, and identifying AI-generated content online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have to be committed to the truth, and you have to know your facts,\u201d Alford said, urging her fellow journalists not to repeat Trump\u2019s accusations and instead call him out on his statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alford, like many other NABJ members online, was critical of NABJ inviting Trump to this year\u2019s convention, believing his presence would allow the spread of misinformation and amplify messages targeted toward the Black community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s false claims on Harris\u2019s identity prompted many on X to call out the former president\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joy fact checks what many are calling Donald Trump\u2019s train wreck of an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists today, where he said that Vice President Kamala Harris, \u201chappened to turn Black,\u201d implying the falsehood that she has ever denied her Black heritage. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VR1YVqyh4Y\">pic.twitter.com\/VR1YVqyh4Y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The ReidOut (@thereidout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thereidout\/status\/1818847351475228812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Afro Jamaican man is BLACK and Kamala Harris\u2019 father. \ud83e\udd2b\ud83e\udd2b\ud83e\udd2b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YBsxGMQQNn\">pic.twitter.com\/YBsxGMQQNn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Candidly Tiff \ud83e\udeb7 (@tify330) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tify330\/status\/1818815810066169886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Black people have never practiced racial gatekeeping in ways that would deny the racial legitimacy of someone like Kamala Harris, who is: 1) the child of a Black parent; 2) phenotypically Black; 3) self-identified as Black; and 4) actively and proudly engages Black institutions,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JbRKLD1BOq\">https:\/\/t.co\/JbRKLD1BOq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marclamonthill\/status\/1818871767177310259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tavis Smiley introduces Kamala Harris as a \u201cBlack woman\u201d back in 2006 at the annual State of Black America event. Harris then hugs Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, whose funeral she attended today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eP8j0rVpVP\">pic.twitter.com\/eP8j0rVpVP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keithboykin\/status\/1819103756656779340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop trying to explain race, nationality, ethnicity, and mixed heritage to these racists. They know Kamala Harris is Black. The reason they\u2019re mounting this type of attack on her is **because** she\u2019s Black.<\/p>&mdash; Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UjuAnya\/status\/1819017700976341412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Madison Hamilton Former President Donald Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s racial identity, suggesting she recently became \u201cBlack\u201d this week at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention in Chicago. 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