“So what meaning was there behind Kamala Harris swearing an oath on two Bibles?
This intrigued me.
The black Bible Kamala swore on was a Bible that her 'adopted mum' Regina Shelton owned.
Regina used to take Kamala to Baptist church in West Oakland every Sunday, that church was run by Reverend Elton Pointer (the father of the Pointer sisters).
Regina was a successful black woman who owned three properties and ran a nursery in one of them.
Kamala's parents were both "very left-wing", they were both involved in the Berkeley-based Afro-American Association, a group that produced radicals like Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, who would go on to found the Black Panther Party in 1966. Its worth noting the Panthers followed a Maoist philosophy and supported communist China.
During Kamala's parents involvement in the Afro-American Association they befriended another group member, his name was Aubrey LaBrie.
Aubrey used to take Kamala to see "her second mother" Regina Shelton. Regina Shelton is Aubrey LaBrie's aunty. Aubrey LaBrie's heroes were none other than Fidel Castro and Che Guevara!!!
I would suggest clicking on these couple of links to get an appreciation on Kamala's family and their political background because it does shed some light on perhaps WHY Kamala swore an oath to office on Regina Shelton's Bible.
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Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan grew up under British colonial rule on different sides of the planet. They were each drawn to Berkeley, and became part of an intellectual circle that shaped the rest of their lives.
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