00:00Former President Donald Trump is facing criticism after falsely claiming Wednesday
00:04that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, quote,
00:09happened to turn black a few years ago.
00:12He appeared at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago
00:16saying that, quote, all of a sudden she made a turn in her identity.
00:20I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn
00:25black and now she wants to be known as black.
00:27So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black?
00:30She is always identified as a black person from a historically black college.
00:33I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't,
00:36because she was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went,
00:40she became a black person.
00:42Just be clear, sir.
00:43The Associated Press notes Harris is the daughter of a Jamaican father
00:47and an Indian mother, both immigrants to the U.S.
00:51As an undergraduate, Harris attended Howard University,
00:54one of the nation's most prominent historically black colleges and universities,
00:58where she also pledged the historically black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha.
