I felt that same excitement as I watched Kamala Harris make history by becoming the first woman and first person of black and Asian heritage to be sworn in as Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris during her swearing in as Vice President (Image: REUTERS)She is now the most powerful woman in US history and I watched with a huge amount of pride and, I’ll admit, a tear in my eyes. As a Black woman, Kamala’s inauguration resonates so deeply and friends and family who live in the US are deeply inspired too. We know that, particularly in the western world, black women have been historically ignored, overlooked, underrepresented and told they can’t. Doug Emhoff, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and President Joe Biden (Image: Getty Images)Diane Abbot became Britain’s first Black’s woman MP over 30 years ago.

Source: Standard Digital January 26, 2021 04:52 UTC