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Yes We Kam!:
From the MarKODA Files-The For Facts Sake Edition:
Kamala Harris grew up in a typical, middle-class neighborhood in the East Bay. She did not live in the upper-middle class, very wealthy Oakland/Berkeley Hills; she lived in what we all called the “the flatlands.” Other parts of the East Bay, including where I lived as a kid, have their own version of Berkeley’s, “flatlands.” The “flatlands” are closer to the Bay; in other words, not in the prestigious hills with views of a very beautiful part of Northern CA.
Kamala slept here: A tour of Bay Area addresses Harris has called home
Harris spent most of her early childhood in Berkeley, where her mother attended graduate school at UC. For around six years, Harris lived above a daycare facility on Bancroft Way in West Berkeley, an area known as “the flatlands” that was a center for the city’s Black population. The home is about 2.5 miles away from Thousand Oaks Elementary School, where she was bused as part of the city’s desegregation program. The school now boasts a mural featuring Harris alongside other women leaders. In typical Berkeley fashion, an effort to landmark Harris’ childhood home petered out after neighbors expressed concerns about disruption.
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