America's first black female presidential candidate

 Kamala Harris: America's first black female presidential candidate, who prefers to call herself simply 'American'

Kamala Harris, the first female vice president in the history of the United States, formally accepted the party's nomination in the presidential election while addressing the Democratic Party convention on Thursday night.

In the US presidential elections in November this year, he will face the former president and the candidate of the Republican Party, Donald Trump.

Speaking at the Democratic Convention in Chicago on Thursday, Kamala Harris pledged to lead all Americans and build an economy that provides opportunity for all.

Talking about the Gaza war, he said that the time has come for a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release the hostages.

Kamala Harris is not only the first female vice president of the United States, but also the first black person to hold the office of vice president of the United States due to her parents' Jamaican and Indian roots.

His journey to becoming vice president was fraught with difficulties. Here's a look at the events that shaped her personality and how she became America's first black woman presidential candidate.

Kamala Harris' Journey from District Attorney to Vice President

It was just five years ago that California Senator Kamala Harris was seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office and became the San Francisco District Attorney in 2003.

She later became the first woman and black attorney general of California, the most populous state in the United States.

She took advantage of this opportunity to run for junior senator from California in 2017 and was successful.

In 2020, Kamala entered the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, but despite her eloquent speaking ability, she soon dropped out of the race and the Democratic Party's nomination went to her opponent, Joe Biden. who went on to become the President of the United States.

It was Joe Biden who nominated him as his vice president, helping him once again become the center of attention of the American people.

Gil Duran was the communications director of Kamala Harris in 2013. They call it 'the grace of fate'.

"Many people didn't think he had the discipline and focus to rise to a position in the White House so quickly, even though people knew he had the will and talent to be a star." It was always clear that he had talent.

During her time in the White House, Kamala Harris took action on several important issues. Apart from this, he played an important role in some of the important achievements of the Biden administration.

He campaigned across the country to highlight the harm caused by abortion bans.

After the US Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, she also called on Congress to grant women the right to an abortion.

Kamala Harris set a new record for most tie-breaking votes as vice president in Senate history. His votes helped pass the Deflation Act and the US Rescue Plan, which provided relief funds to deal with the coronavirus.

However, despite this, they did not gain widespread acceptance among Americans.

Despite his left-wing leanings on issues such as gay marriage and the death penalty, he has faced repeated attacks from some Democratic voters.

One of the criticisms he repeatedly faced during the 2020 election campaign was that 'Kamla is like the police.'

Kamala Harris was tasked by President Biden with finding and solving the motivations behind record numbers of migrants heading to the US-Mexico border.

It's an issue that his critics point out that he hasn't made enough progress on.

He has also been criticized by Republicans and some Democrats for taking six months to visit the border region after becoming vice president.

While illegal border crossings fell dramatically this year, it remains to be seen whether they can use that success to their advantage in the presidential election.

Kamala Harris was raised by an Indian mother

The Democratic candidate from California was born in Oakland to two immigrant parents. His mother was from India while his father was from Jamaica.

After her parents' divorce, Kamala Harris was raised primarily by her Hindu mother Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a cancer researcher and civil rights activist.

She grew up with an Indian cultural background and often visited India with her mother, but her mother fully embraced the black culture of Auckland and raised her two daughters, Kamala and her younger sister. Maya was settled in this civilization and culture.

In her autobiography, The Truth We Hold, Kamala writes that 'My mother was well aware that she was raising two black daughters. He knew that the country he adopted would see me and Maya as two black girls. So she wanted to make sure we grew up as confident and proud black women.

Harris also spent some time in Canada as a child. When Gopalan chose to study at McGill University, she took with her Kamala and her younger sister Maya, who studied at the school in Montreal for five years.

He attended college in the United States and spent four years at Harvard University, one of the most historically black colleges and universities in the country.

                                   A photograph of Kamala with her sister and mother as a child

She describes her time at Harvard University as one of the most formative experiences of her life.

Lita Rosario Richardson met Kamala Harris in the 1980s. At that time, Harvard students used to gather on the campus and discuss various topics including politics, fashion.

"I noticed that they were very interested in the discussion," she says.

Gradually their relationship grew. Together, they engaged in spirited debates with Republicans on campus, their experiences growing up with single mothers bringing them closer together.

Politically, it was a time of change.

"Our ancestors were slaves and coming from colonial areas, we thought that being educated meant that we had a special place in society and that we needed to play our part to bring about change," says Lita.

It's a philosophy that was part of the university experience and played an important role in shaping Kamala Harris' personality.

Kamala Harris says she has always been comfortable with her identity and simply calls herself 'American'.

In 2019, he told The Washington Post that politicians should not fit into boxes because of their color or background.

He said, "All I can say is that I am what I am." I'm good with that. You might need to figure it out, but I'm fine with that.'

Kamala with a personality full of sense of humor

As Kamala's friend Leta points out, from the beginning she had the qualities that made her one of the few women who could overcome all obstacles.

Humor is part of Kamala's temperament. A clear example of this is a video posted by her on social media in 2020 after winning the election, in which she is seen laughing heartily and saying to Biden, "We did it, we did it." . You're going to be the next president of the United States!'

Her friends recognize that laugh very well and say that 'she always laughed like that.'

According to Leta, sense of humor has always been a part of Kamala's personality and during her university days she used it to score points during debates.

He also used this ability against his opponents during the debates for the Democratic presidential nomination.

In 2014, Kamala Harris married lawyer Douglas Amhoff, with whom she already had two children.

He also wrote an article for Elle magazine in 2019 about this experience.

"When Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella and I agreed that we didn't like the term 'stepmom.' Instead, he suggested the name 'Mumila'.

They began to be portrayed as the modern American family, which was much debated in the American media. The debate also drew attention to how people talk about women politicians.

Many believe that Kamala should be seen as the heir to generations of black women activists.

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