Kamala Harris Is Not America’s “Magic Negro”

Eric Bazail Eimil
Nov 5 · 6 min read
Kamala Harris at her Oakland announcement rally in January 2019.

I recently finished reading the novel Americanah by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which chronicles the experiences of Ifemelu, a Nigerian writer and immigrant to the United States who takes up blogging to comment on American race relations against the backdrop of the 2008 election. And in writing about Obama and his electability, Ifemelu (almost a self-insertion for Adichie) comments that Obama can…

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Eric Bazail Eimil

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Georgetown SFS Class of 2023, proud Cuban and progressive, Más Family Scholar, aspiring prosecutor, writing about life, politics, the news, and more

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