{"id":22428,"date":"2026-07-30T22:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22428"},"modified":"2026-07-30T22:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:05:55","slug":"kamala-harris-settles-in-point-dume-a-nearly-all-white-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22428","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris settles in Point Dume, a nearly all-White community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6395244016112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Donors doubt Kamala Harris&#8217; 2028 presidential run<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, discusses big donors&#8217; skepticism toward Kamala Harris&#8217; 2028 presidential run. Thiessen points to her past campaign&#8217;s struggles and perceived left-wing stance as reasons for donor reluctance, highlighting her position to the left of Bernie Sanders in voting record analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Despite a career-long commitment to combatting racial disparities in housing and touting the importance of living among Black people, former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s new California mansion is situated in a neighborhood with virtually no racial diversity.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Harris\u2019s new <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943761\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/celeb-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4,000-square-foot property<\/a>, which reports indicate she acquired for $8.15 million, is located in the exclusive seaside community of Point Dume and includes ocean views, multiple wine fridges, private golf greens and enough parking to accommodate five vehicles.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Point Dume is situated entirely within Census tract 8004.08, which the Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/table\/ACSDP5Y2019.DP05?g=1400000US06037800408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">estimated<\/a> was just 0.2% Black and roughly 94% White as of 2019.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Harris&#8217;s choice of neighborhood may surprise longtime observers given past comments she has made about the importance of living among other Black Americans.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943763\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/kamala-harris-fairly-obvious-2028-presidential-frontrunner-democratic-insiders-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>KAMALA HARRIS IS THE &#8216;FAIRLY OBVIOUS&#8217; 2028 PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER, DEMOCRATIC INSIDERS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/HarrisWhiteBeachHouse.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kamala Harris speaks during The National Action Network Convention 2026 on April 10, 2026 in New York City. People walk on Zuma Beach with Point Dume in the background during a winter heat wave on January 29, 2026 in Malibu, California.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Despite a career-long commitment to combatting racial disparities in housing and touting the importance of living among Black people, former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s new California mansion is situated in a neighborhood with virtually no racial diversity.<\/span> <span>(Johnny Nunez\/WireImage; Kevin Carter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;When you\u2019re at (a historically black college or university), and especially one with the size and with the history of Howard University \u2014 and also in the context of also being in D.C., which was known forever as being \u2018Chocolate City\u2019 \u2014 it just becomes about you understanding that there is a whole world of people who are like you,&#8221; Harris told a Washington Post reporter in 2019, reflecting on her experience growing up in primarily White social circles then attending a historically Black college in a predominantly African American city.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;It was more, for me, about the numerosity than it was the diversity, I grew up in a community where there were many representations of diversity,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Going to Howard, there were so many (Black people)! And they\u2019re all in your age group, in your phase of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Now, however, Harris has chosen to put roots down in a community that at least one group has accused of trying to keep their beaches closed off to minorities.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943764\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/chicago-suburb-locals-hope-reparations-program-address-affordability-pressures-black-population-dwindles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CHICAGO SUBURB LOCALS HOPE REPARATIONS ADDRESSES &#8216;AFFORDABILITY PRESSURES&#8217; AS BLACK POPULATION DWINDLES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom wave at California campaign rally.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom wave during a campaign rally opposing the gubernatorial recall election on Sept. 8, 2021, in San Leandro, California.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Kent Nishimura \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Despite the veneer of a laid back community of surfers who are one with nature, there are barriers to access that keep most BIPOC people away,&#8221; a pair of non-White surfers wrote in a 2025 review of Harris\u2019s new neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Harris spent a sizable portion of her career working to tear down similar barriers.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943765\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-stops-key-presidential-primary-state-leaving-door-wide-open-2028-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HARRIS STOPS IN KEY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY STATE AFTER LEAVING DOOR WIDE OPEN TO 2028 RUN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/343\/192\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/686\/384\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/672\/378\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1344\/756\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/931\/523\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1862\/1046\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/720\/405\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1440\/810\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1200\/675\/kamala-harris-douglas-emhoff-dnc-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris hugging Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Vice President Kamala Harris hugs Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff after speaking on the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 22, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In 2012, as California\u2019s attorney general, for instance, she joined a Supreme Court brief arguing that the Fair Housing Act can be enforced when <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943766\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/economy\/housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">policies<\/a> have a &#8220;disparate impact&#8221; across different racial groups, even if the policies themselves are racially neutral.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">As a presidential candidate, she proposed $100 billion in assistance for families in historically redlined communities and as vice president she promoted the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to combat racial bias in home appraisals.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">During Harris\u2019s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943767\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris-blames-president-high-gas-prices-direct-result-donald-trumps-war-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 presidential campaign<\/a>, she faced questions about the authenticity of her African American identity due to her Indian and Jamaican heritage and upbringing in affluent, primarily White areas. The attacks resurfaced in 2024, when then-candidate <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943768\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-calls-ice-probe-maine-shooting-renewed-border-czar-criticism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump accused Harris<\/a> of using her Black identity for political gain.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Harris caught flak during the 2024 campaign for identifying with Oakland, California, even though she spent most of her childhood growing up in Berkeley, California, which was significantly less racially diverse. As a teenager, she moved to Montreal, another predominantly White city, with her mother.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Doug Emhoff, Harris&#8217; husband, is also White.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Harris has <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943770\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-stops-key-presidential-primary-state-leaving-door-wide-open-2028-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">returned to the headlines<\/a> in recent weeks amid speculation that she may make a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1943771\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/kamala-harris-fairly-obvious-2028-presidential-frontrunner-democratic-insiders-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">third run for the presidency in 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A representative for the former vice president did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donors doubt Kamala Harris&#8217; 2028 presidential run Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, discusses big donors&#8217; skepticism toward Kamala Harris&#8217; 2028 presidential run. 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