Kamala Harris is from an academic family (father is a Stanford professor, mother was a medical researcher) but her own academic track record is less than impressive for somebody who qualifies for affirmative action as black.

She went to Howard U. in Washington DC, which is a famous Historically Black College or University, but it’s still an HBCU. She majored in psychology and economics. I don’t see anything about academic honors.

Then she went to the Hastings law school in San Francisco, which has some vague connection to the U. of California. It’s significantly easier to get into than the UC Berkeley law school across the bay.

She failed the difficult California bar exam on her first try and then passed on her second crack.

This is a pretty similar academic background to Mike Pence, another lawyer, or to Biden and Trump for that matter. But only Harris was eligible for affirmative action.