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Stereotypes that thought the United States of America (USA) is a racist nation had a second thought when Barrack Obama won election as USA President in 2008. Obama made a case for himself as a capable black president in the US by going ahead to secure a second tenure. With origin from Kenya, Obama gave Africans and indeed black people worldwide, a sense of belonging after clinging power as the helmsman of one of the world’s super powers. USA.
It’s another transition in the USA and this time, not only a black person is getting involved, but a woman. Kamala Harris is close to being the first ever USA Female Vice President looking the progress Democrat Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden is making in already announced results in the USA Presidential elections.
Born October 20, 1964, Kamala Harris IS an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from California since 2017. She is the Democratic vice presidential nominee for the 2020 election.
Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco’s office. In 2003, she was elected district attorney of San Francisco. She was elected attorney general of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.
She defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate. As a senator, she has advocated for healthcare reform, federal descheduling of cannabis, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. She gained a national profile for her pointed questioning of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, including Trump’s second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault.
Harris ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and attracted national attention before ending her campaign on December 3, 2019. She was announced as former vice president Joe Biden’s running mate in the 2020 election on August 11, 2020. She is the first African American, the first Asian American, and the third female vice presidential running mate on a major party ticket after Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin, respectively.
Early life and education (1964–1990)
Early career (1990–2004)
District Attorney of San Francisco (2004–2011)
Attorney General of California (2011–2017)
U.S. Senate (2017–present)
2020 presidential election