How Kamala Harris’ Black and Indian Heritage Shaped Her World : Code Switch : NPR

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Vice president-elect Kamala Harris, front center, with, from left, her grandfather, sister, mother and grandmother in 1972.

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Vice president-elect Kamala Harris, front center, with, from left, her grandfather, sister, mother and grandmother in 1972.

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Unless you've been living under a (really, really large) rock, you know that Kamala Harris is the vice president-elect—and has shattered a lot of glass ceilings. Come January, she'll be the first woman and first daughter of immigrants and first woman of color . . .



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