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[–] Mishmash2000@lemmy.nz 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was a blend of a bit of quirky humor followed by a more profound message that Kamala Harris attributes to her mother: "You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

incidentally, kamala's dad and mom are Jamaican and Indian respectively and the coconut is reminiscent of her background