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‘Is she black or Indian?’: Trump attacks Harris’s racial identity

Donald Trump has questioned Kamala Harris’ racial identity during a heated exchange at a convention for black journalists.

Trump falsely claimed the vice-president and presumptive Democratic nominee had only emphasised her Asian-American heritage until recently when, he claimed, “she became a black person”.

“I didn’t know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black,” he said at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago on Wednesday.

“So I don’t know – Is she Indian? Or is she black?”

Source: ‘Is she black or Indian?’: Trump attacks Harris’s racial identity

United Auto Workers union endorses Kamala Harris for president | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union endorsed Kamala Harris for US president on Wednesday, boosting the vice-president in the swing state of Michigan as her recently launched campaign ramps up.

UAW president Shawn Fain, who spoke by phone last week with Harris, praised her record “of delivering for the working class” and said she “will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us in our war on corporate greed”.

Source: United Auto Workers union endorses Kamala Harris for president | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

Two Al-Jazeera reporters killed as Israeli airstrike hits car in northern Gaza | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi, who were killed in the Israeli blast, had been reporting together at the al-Shati refugee camp. Photograph: Handout

A 27-year-old correspondent, Ismail al-Ghoul; a cameraman, Rami al-Rifi; and a child who was not identified were killed in a blast that struck the car in which the three were travelling in Gaza City, according to the network and the emergency and ambulance service, which helps recover and transport casualties to hospitals across Gaza.

Source: Two Al-Jazeera reporters killed as Israeli airstrike hits car in northern Gaza | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

Black journalists respond to ‘disastrous’ Trump panel at annual convention | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

On Wednesday afternoon, Donald Trump participated in a contentious panel hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). The discussion, held in Chicago at the organization’s annual convention, began after an hour-long delay, with a room full of journalists tensely awaiting the program.

During the wait, Philip Lewis, the HuffPost deputy editor, shared on X that the hold-up was being caused by a disagreement between the NABJ and the former president. “I’m told that Trump is demanding that NABJ not do the live factchecking and that’s why the event hasn’t started yet,” he wrote. “We’re in a standoff.”

Once the panel finally began, Trump was defensive and combative, and repeatedly insulted Rachel Scott, the senior congressional correspondent for ABC, one of the three Black female moderators.

Source: Black journalists respond to ‘disastrous’ Trump panel at annual convention | US elections 2024 | The Guardian