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Kamala Harris: La primera mujer en la vicepresidencia de EUA

By Jordi Bou

January 20, 2021 - Kamala Harris hace historia al levantar su mano derecha y convertirse en la primera mujer, la primera persona negra y la primera asiático-estadounidense en juramentar a la vicepresidencia de Estados Unidos.

Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and use two Bibles for the swearing-in, one of which belonged to Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice.

Harris has expressed admiration for both Sotomayor and Marshall. She and Sotomayor share experience as prosecutors, and she once called Marshall – like Harris, a graduate of Howard University – one of her “greatest heroes.”

Harris’ background in criminal justice could help a Biden administration tackle the issues of racial equality and policing. She is expected to be a top adviser on judicial nominations.

As the Senate’s only black woman, Harris emerged last year as a leading voice on racial justice and police reform after Minneapolis police killed African-American man George Floyd in May.

Harris, whose mother and father emigrated from India and Jamaica, respectively, is married to attorney Douglas Emhoff. His two children from a previous marriage refer to their stepmother as “Momala.”

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PUBLISHED: 19/01/2021; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press, Getty Images, Kamala Harris Campaign
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