Morphine Prince 109,645 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Kamala Harris made headlines last week when she joked in a radio interview that of course she smoked marijuana in her younger years: “Half my family’s from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?” But the crack didn’t go over well with at least one Jamaican: Donald J. Harris, her father. The elder Harris sent an unsolicited statement to Kingston-based Jamaica Global Online, for which the emeritus professor of economics at Stanford University wrote a recent essay on his family’s history. “My dear departed grandmothers (whose extraordinary legacy I described in a recent essay on this website), as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics,” he wrote. “Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty,” he added. Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/02/20/kamala-harris-father-pot-1176805 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 what a snob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coekane 5,921 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Talk about signing out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan 20,827 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Jesus. The library is closed. Officially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,550 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Gurl, just be proud of your daughter who is a freaking frontrunner in the 2020 presidential race and have a seat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQueenLG 2,469 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: Kamala Harris made headlines last week when she joked in a radio interview that of course she smoked marijuana in her younger years: “Half my family’s from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?” But the crack didn’t go over well with at least one Jamaican: Donald J. Harris, her father. The elder Harris sent an unsolicited statement to Kingston-based Jamaica Global Online, for which the emeritus professor of economics at Stanford University wrote a recent essay on his family’s history. “My dear departed grandmothers (whose extraordinary legacy I described in a recent essay on this website), as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics,” he wrote. “Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty,” he added. Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/02/20/kamala-harris-father-pot-1176805 1 This statement is most definitely problematic. This is by NO MEANS campaign-ending, but it's not what I was hoping for. I'm able to forgive as I don't think her comment was that egregious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othon 34,299 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Her dad is right in the sense that this was a really cringeworthy attempt to invoke her father's nationality to distract from her horrible past on marijuana legalization, but the bigger issue is the fact that she voluntarily locked up countless young Black men for marijuana possession when she was DA in San Francisco while simultaneously smoking weed herself. I mean... I don't know how you get on board with someone with a record like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenPonyboy 2,434 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 17 minutes ago, OG Gaga Stan said: Her dad is right in the sense that this was a really cringeworthy attempt to invoke her father's nationality to distract from her horrible past on marijuana legalization, but the bigger issue is the fact that she voluntarily locked up countless young Black men for marijuana possession when she was DA in San Francisco while simultaneously smoking weed herself. I mean... I don't know how you get on board with someone with a record like that. Her job was to prosecute people to the full extent of the law. Her job was not to try to change the law or to let people go free because she did not agree with it. I work in the field myself and a I come across some situations where I do not agree with the law, but I still have to move forward because it is my job to do so. Working in the field is not about morality but about legality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othon 34,299 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Just now, GoldenPonyboy said: Her job was to prosecute people to the full extent of the law. Her job was not to try to change the law or to let people go free because she did not agree with it. I work in the field myself and a I come across some situations where I do not agree with the law, but I still have to move forward because it is my job to do so. Working in the field is not about morality but about legality She was DA. DAs have discretionary prosecutorial power. Philadelphia's DA Larry Krasner has essentially (and rightfully) decriminalized pot by outright refusing to prosecute offenders. A DA's job isn't to throw the book at everyone that comes through the system, or, as you it it, "prosecute people to the full extent of the law." It's to wield discretionary power to ethically enforce laws that are necessary to promote public safety. She has absolutely no excuse for voluntarily throwing countless Black men in jail for marijuana possession, especially while she was smoking pot herself. None. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMonster 15,025 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Travesty? Disassociate yourself? Your daughter is running for president and something as trivial as weed is destroying this for you? subtext / fantasy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewho 928 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 51 minutes ago, OG Gaga Stan said: Her dad is right in the sense that this was a really cringeworthy attempt to invoke her father's nationality to distract from her horrible past on marijuana legalization, but the bigger issue is the fact that she voluntarily locked up countless young Black men for marijuana possession when she was DA in San Francisco while simultaneously smoking weed herself. I mean... I don't know how you get on board with someone with a record like that. SHE DID? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othon 34,299 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, Marionette said: SHE DID? That and so much more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/kamala-harris-criminal-justice.html The more I read about her past as a prosecutor, as DA and as Attorney General the more disgusted I am. She stepped on the necks of marginalized people her entire career to get ahead politically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 it is a stereotype, plus seems like she lied FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,645 Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, lego said: it is a stereotype, plus seems like she lied She was so hip they sent her the albums before they were released, obviously Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Morphine Prince said: She was so hip they sent her the albums before they were released, obviously the weed was so good she travelled to the future FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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