^ 12.012.1Schouten, Fredreka; Zoë Todd; Curt Merrill; Byron Manley. Kamala Harris's family history runs deep in Brown's Town, Jamaica. CNN. 2024-08-17 [2024-08-17]. Donald Harris did not respond to several interview requests from CNN and largely has shied away from publicity — even as his daughter stands on the cusp of another history-making milestone in his adopted country.
^Cadelago, Cadelago. Kamala Harris shamed by Jamaican father over pot-smoking joke. Politico. 2019-02-20 [2024-08-17]. In an email reviewed by POLITICO, Donald Harris indicated he wasn't interested in discussing the issue further publicly: 'I have decided to stay out of all the political hullabaloo by not engaging in any interviews with the media," he wrote.
^Green, Erica L. 'Run, Kamala, Run': Mention of Harris's Father Was a Rare Homage to a Fleeting Figure. The New York Times. 2024-08-24 [2024-08-24]. In a 2003 interview with SF Weekly, she said: 'My father is a good guy, but we are not close.' [...] in 2021, Ms. Harris wrote in an email to The Washington Post that they were on 'good terms,' which remains true today, according to people close to Ms. Harris.
^Chon, Monica. Sen. Kamala Harris's Parents Met During the Civil Rights Movement. Oprah Magazine. 2020-08-12. According to Harris's 2018 autobiography, Donald was born in Jamaica in 1938 and immigrated to the United States to get his doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He eventually became a naturalized United States citizen.