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Harris, a former attorney general and senator for California, is of Black and Indian heritage. Harris' mother emigrated from India to the U.S. in 1958 while the vice president's father emigrated from Jamaica to the U.S. in 1961.

Kaling's parents both immigrated to the U.S. from India in 1979, the year she was born.

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This isn't the first time the Emmy-nominated writer commented on what Harris' political journey has meant to her, her daughter and others who look like them.

When the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden, Kaling -- who is also mom to her 4-month-old son, Spencer -- tweeted a photo of Harris and wrote, \"Crying and holding my daughter, 'look baby, she looks like us.'\"

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