ABC News. Retrieved August 10, 2020. Harris is the daughter of an Indian mom and Jamaican father, and is the second African-American woman and 1st South Asian-American senator in history. United States Senate. Archived from the first on October 14, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020. In 2017, Kamala D. Harris was sworn in as a United States senator for California, the second African-American female, and first South Asian-American senator in record.