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Kamala Harris Makes History as the First Woman and Woman of Colour, Vice President

Ms. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the

country’s leadership than any woman ever before her. She spoke often on the campaign trail

of those who had come before her, of her parents, immigrants drawn to the civil rights

struggle in the United States — and of the ancestors who had paved the way.

As she took the stage in Texas shortly before the election, Ms. Harris spoke of being singular

in her role but not solitary. “Yes, sister, sometimes we may be the only one that looks like us

walking in that room,” she told a largely Black audience in Fort Worth. “But the thing we all

know is we never walk in those rooms alone — we are all in that room together.”

With her ascension to the vice presidency, Ms. Harris will become the first woman and first

woman of colour to hold that office, a milestone for a nation in upheaval, grappling with a

damaging history of racial injustice exposed, yet again, in a divisive election. Ms. Harris, 56,

embodies the future of a country that is growing more racially diverse, even if the person

voters picked for the top of the ticket is a 77-year-old white man.

In her victory speech on Saturday, Ms. Harris spoke of her mother and the generations of

women of all races who paved the way for this moment. “While I may be the first woman in

this office, I will not be the last,” she told a cheering and honking audience in Wilmington,

Del. “Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”

That she has risen higher in the country’s leadership than any woman ever has underscores

the extraordinary arc of her political career. A former San Francisco district attorney, she was

elected as the first Black woman to serve as California’s attorney general. When she was

elected a United States senator in 2016, she became only the second Black woman in the

chamber’s history. Almost immediately, she made a name for herself in Washington with her

withering prosecutorial style in Senate hearings, grilling her adversaries in high-stakes

moments that at times went viral.

Yet what also distinguished her was her personal biography: The daughter of a Jamaican

father and Indian mother, she was steeped in racial justice issues from her early years in

Oakland and Berkeley, Calif., and wrote in her memoir of memories of the chants, shouts and

“sea of legs moving about” at protests. She recalled hearing Shirley Chisholm, the first Black

woman to mount a national campaign for president, speak in 1971 at a Black cultural center

in Berkeley that she frequented as a young girl. “Talk about strength!” she wrote.After several years in Montreal, Ms. Harris attended Howard University, a historically Black

college and one of the country’s most prestigious, then pursued work as a prosecutor on

domestic violence and child exploitation cases. She speaks easily and often of her mother, a

breast cancer researcher who died in 2009; of her white and Jewish husband, Douglas

Emhoff, who will make history in his own right as the first second gentleman; and of her

stepchildren, who call her Momala.

a. What is the racial background of Kamala Harris? (1 mark)

b. Whom did she refer to her in victory speech for paving the way to her success?? (1 mark)

c. Write a note on her earlier career. (1 mark)

d. What was the earlier distinction achieved by her in California? (1 mark)

e. How can her ascension to the Vice Presidency inspire others? Give reasons. (2.5 marks)

f. What does her statement “ my struggle was singular not solitary” mean?(2.5 marks)

g. What is the meaning of the word divisive? (1 mark)

i) creating disunity or disagreement

ii) decisive

iii) divertive

iv) devious

h. Pick out the word in the passage that means “an opponent or enemy” (1 mark)

i. Giver the synonym and antonym for the following words: (2 marks)

i) solitary

ii) victory

j. State True or False. Give reasons. (2 marks)

i) Kamal Harris was the first black woman senator.

ii) Kamal Harris made a name for herself in the US.Senate.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Right this is correct answer