But the nominee's father, Donald J. Harris, did not appear at the Democratic National Convention hall in Chicago. He is Kamala's only living parent, as her mother, Shyamala Gopalan died in 2009.

“At the park, my mother would say, “Stay close.” But my father would say, as he smiled, “Run, Kamala, run. Don’t be afraid.

I recall one case that became headlines in western Kenya. Kamala‘s father is black, while her mother is Asian. Why don’t Asians intermarry with the rest of us? Many Kenyans who went to study ...