In the footsteps of Kamala Harris in California

Jaqueline Parker, Principal of Thousand Oaks Elementary School in Berkeley in front of the mural by Kamala Harris.

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By: Eric de Salve Follow

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Her name is Kamala Harris, is 55 years old.

Senator from California, she is the one Joe Biden chose in August to become his running mate in the hope of beating Donald Trump on November 3.

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If victorious, Kamala Harris would become the first woman of color vice president of the United States.

Perhaps some people are already saying the first black president of the United States.

Indeed, the 77-year-old former vice-president of Barack Obama has hinted that he would not seek a second term.

Kamala Harris was chosen amidst a wave of racial tensions in the United States after the death of Georges Floyd, killed by a white police officer.

Riots are shaking from several cities in an increasingly divided country.

The Kamala Harris - Joe Biden tiquet presents himself as the one who will heal the United States of its divisions, with a candidate for the vice-president who poses as a Californian child of diversity and civil rights.

But his security record is not unanimous in his region.

"In the footsteps of Kamala Harris in California" is a great report by

Scott Saul, Professor of English and American Civilization at UC Berkeley University.

RFI / Eric de Salve

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