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[Music] Jamaica Jama Jamaican in Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica welcome to RJ where we rate everything Jamaica vice president Kamala Harris is in the run to possibly become the 47th president of the United States of America she will not be your first female president in November we will win we've heard of a lot about her Indian background as that is the side she mostly grew up with but not a lot about her Jamaican Heritage of your parents are immigrants your father is from J though you hopefully hearing about the top moments where Kamala Harris herself made mention of anything Jamaican related will give us more insight let's go number five Jamaican food in the article by The Washington Post titled Danel H kamala's Jamaican connection it is highlighted that Kamala haris tries to do as her father as it relates to remembering where she comes from in supporting that sentiment Kamala wrote that even as she prepares for the transition to the vice presidential Residence at one Observatory Circle she still has frozen juicy patties in her fridge and a recipe for Oxdale that she's Longing To perfect what all the juicy want number four Bob Marley music in the same article by The Washington Post kamalar Recon her experienced at age 13 watching Bob Marley and ders perform on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley finding herself mesmerized she said in an email to the post and I quote we sat up top in the back of the theater and as I watch the performance I was in complete awe to this day I knew the lyrics to nearly every Bob Marley song end quote well yes number three the stereotypical marijuana Jamaican joke in a Breakfast Club interview when asked about her alleged opposition on the legalization of marijuana Kamala rejected this view stating that she isn't against it and alluded to her Jamaican background POS legalizing we that's not true I know and and look I joke about it half joking half my family's from Jamaica are you kidding me this was met with this day by her father who commented on the family name being connected to the fraudulent Jamaican stereotype of a pot smoking Joy Seeker done in pursuit of identity politics she was also asked about her favorite Jamaican food and Cala went off you know we call a attempt at the Jamaican accent what's your favorite meal of cook I I yeah man yeah man going to pushing bring me back a goat now cook it up [Music] man number two visits to Jamaica after her parents finally separated at 87 Harris and her sister would still visit her father in the Summers and take trips to Jamaica she hints at this in Her speech at the bilateral meeting at the White House with prime minister Andrew hes as a point of personal privilege um I grew up going to Jamaica my family half of my family is from St an Parish she would visit the markets of Bron town where her great grandmother had a family store and she and her sister would run through the old Family Properties and the sugarcane Fields number one her Jamaican father it is no secret that kamala's father Donald Harris is from Jamaica my father Donald Harris a student from Jamaica both her immigrant parents met during their studies in the US at the University of California Berkeley she met my father Donald Harris though his involvement in her formative years was minimal in the Washington Post she states and I quote my father like so many Jamaicans has immense pred in her Jamaican Heritage and instilled the same pride in my sister and me we love Jamaica he taught us the history of where we are from the struggles visa and beauty of the Jamaican people and the richness of the culture end quote this concludes our list do you believe that Kamala Harris will be the next president of the United States of America yeah man let us know in the comments please remember to like share and subscribe thanks for watching