Vice President Harris’ views on her identity are pushing the U.S. public to look beyond entrenched, problematic racial boundaries.
When Kamala Devi Harris was sworn in as vice president earlier this year, many people in the U.S. and around the globe recognized that gender and racial barriers were being broken. But they didn’t necessarily agree on what those racial barriers were.
That’s because Harris does not fit neatly into the racial categories that U.S. society has set up.
Many in the U.S. heralded her as the first Black woman to be vice president.
But Harris also made history as the first person of Asian descent to become vice president. “Kamala Harris’ story is the story of a changing, inclusive America,” said Neil Makhija, the executive director of IMPACT, an Indian American advocacy group, when Biden first announced Harris as his pick for VP. “At a time of rapid change, she ties all our national threads together.”
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