Kamala Harris brings a ‘second family’ full of firsts to America
Many wait to see whether those firsts will be merely symbolic or the roots of a sea change on gender and race relations
08 November 2020 - 07:27
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is a first in a number of ways: the first woman, the first Black person and the first Indian-American to serve in that role.
In her victory speech Saturday night in Wilmington, Delaware, she recognised that President-elect Joe Biden had made history by picking her as his running mate. “He had the audacity to break one of the most substantial barriers that exists in our country and select a women as his vice-president,” Harris said...
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