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Today I see Kamala Harris & I Know Different is So Good: Masaba

Masaba Gupta wrote a long post on Instagram congratulating Kamala Harris.

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After Kamala Harris became the first-ever woman to be elected as Vice President of America, fashion designer Masaba Gupta took to Instagram to pen a long note about her own 'mixed' upbringing while congratulating Harris. She also attached two photos of a younger and older Kamala Harris.

Masaba is the daughter of veteran actor Neena Gupta and West Indian cricketing legend Vivian Richards.

Masaba began by writing that when she was a little girl and she started understanding her ethnicity she felt she was the only one of her kind. "You know when i was little & started to understand more about my ethnicity...the fact that I was a mixed child..half Caribbean & half Indian,I thought I was the only one of my kind.I used to think wow, masaba there possibly can’t be more like you out there.”

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You know when i was little & started to understand more about my ethnicity...the fact that I was a mixed child..half Caribbean & half Indian,I thought I was the only one of my kind.I used to think wow,masaba there possibly can’t be more like you out there. And then my world opened up,I travelled and on a trip to Antigua I discovered so many more of my kind. It was like looking into a mirror I could never find. And I felt a little less alone in my constant fight to understand racism-it was such a big word. In my fight to understand why I was different. I mean,it’s just so much easier to be like everyone else so you mix with the crowd in Mumbai,isn’t it ? But today I see @kamalaharris & I know different is so good. It’s so good that if you keep your chin up & work hard enough to break out of the color,skin,race box they put you in...you might just make history. Madame Vice President,the first black woman / the first person of south Asian descent & more importantly just the first woman to be VP elect- I salute you & I plan to go back to my drawing board tonight & sketch bigger,brighter dreams for myself and the women who will come after me...mixed girls,just like us. #kamalaharris #america #election2020 - image credit : @jonelleyoga

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Masaba added that her perception changed once she started travelling and made a trip to Antigua, where her father lives. "And then my world opened up,I travelled and on a trip to Antigua I discovered so many more of my kind. It was like looking into a mirror I could never find. And I felt a little less alone in my constant fight to understand racism-it was such a big word.”

The Masaba Masaba actor mentioned how it was a constant struggle for her to try and 'fit in'. "In my fight to understand why I was different. I mean, it’s just so much easier to be like everyone else so you mix with the crowd in Mumbai, isn’t it ?"

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Masaba then expressed hope after seeing the success of Kamala Harris. "But today I see @kamalaharris & I know different is so good. It’s so good that if you keep your chin up & work hard enough to break out of the color, skin, race box they put you in...you might just make history. Madame Vice President, the first black woman / the first person of south Asian descent & more importantly just the first woman to be VP elect- I salute you & I plan to go back to my drawing board tonight & sketch bigger, brighter dreams for myself and the women who will come after me...mixed girls, just like us. #kamalaharris #america #election2020".

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Extending support to her friend Sonam Kapoor wrote, "My masu.. onwards and upwards.. everything is going to be alright.” Priyanka Chopra also commented with a lot of emojis, while actor Gul Panag wrote: “You rock.”

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