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I Did Some Research On Kamala Harris, And While I Don't Agree With Everything She Stands For, I'm Impressed

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I Did Some Research On Kamala Harris, And While I Don't Agree With Everything She Stands For, I'm Impressed

So I'll be honest. I'm really not looking forward to this year's election, but who is? At this point, it's a choice of the lesser of two evils. Before you send death threats to my Facebook messenger, just be aware that in this article, I won't be talking about either of the candidates for the 2020 presidential election. Instead I will be talking about our next possible Vice President, Kamala Harris.

I knew nothing about Harris when I first saw the news that Biden had chose her as his running mate. So being the informed student I am, I took the time to do some real research on what she has done and what she is truly about. Honestly, I'm pretty impressed.

In 2017, Harris was sworn in to be senator for the state of California. Not only is she the second African American woman to serve as senator, she is also the first South Asian American woman to do so in the United States. She serves on several committees, and is simply a very passionate woman, to say the least.

Harris has spent her life fighting injustice. It's a passion that was first inspired by her mother, Shyamala, an Indian-American immigrant, activist, and breast cancer researcher. She grew up witnessing the civil rights movement occur out her back window, and this inspired her to become an advocate for the voiceless.

I've never considered myself to be far-right or far-left. In all truthfulness, I don't agree with every single stance that Harris has. However, that is OK. As mature adults in an ever-changing society, we must cut the crap and start listening to one another. We don't have to fully agree with one another in order to be civil and supportive.

Harris's commitment to being a voice for the voiceless, the vilified and the forgotten Americans who have struggled has made her quite the force to be reckoned with. In our current day, change is not only needed, it is demanded. Each and everyone of us needs to do better, for one another and for ourselves. If we continue at the rate we have been going at, we won't be here much longer, and that is the truth. While I didn't know much about Kamala Harris a few weeks ago, I'm happy I did some research to find out more about her commitment and her journey.

During every step of her career, Harris said she has been guided by the words she spoke as a prosecutor "From the first time I stood in a courtroom: Kamala Harris, For the People."

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