This interview on NPR with one of Kamala Harris's childhood friends gives a somewhat different take on their neighborhood than John McWhorter provided. Her friend (Carole Porter) said that they grew up in Berkeley (not Oakland) in a mixed neighborhood, and the Kamala lived across the street from the mayor. Her friend said that it was a multi-cultural working class neighborhood. Two Oakland Raiders football players lived on their block and Huey Newton visited often.
This interview on NPR with one of Kamala Harris's childhood friends gives a somewhat different take on their neighborhood than John McWhorter provided. Her friend (Carole Porter) said that they grew up in Berkeley (not Oakland) in a mixed neighborhood, and the Kamala lived across the street from the mayor. Her friend said that it was a multi-cultural working class neighborhood. Two Oakland Raiders football players lived on their block and Huey Newton visited often.
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5050973/kamala-harris-friend-talks-about-how-their-childhood-shaped-her