evidence: Harris’ immigrant background does not minimize her Blackness. But some voters see Black immigrants as an "elevated minority," Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University, told me. [...] Harris is able to tap into a "superman mythology" of hailing "from everywhere and nowhere," Greer told me. Like Obama, she has a multifaceted image that allows voters to draw on parts of her identity that resonate with them, just as Obama’s white Kansas ancestry — via his mother — helped him connect with white Midwestern voters. [...] "Harris being the child of immigrants doesn’t exempt her from anti-Blackness," Carter told me.