Video by Gabby Dolor
VIDEO: Kamala Harris’s victory means a big change
for many minorities and women alike
Kamala Harris’s victory over Mike Pence in America’s most recent election means a large change for America.
For some, Harris can be an inspiration.
Members of College Dems at UCF discussed Kamala Harris’s role in inspiring minorities and young women across America (see video).
Kamala Harris’s recent victory in the U.S. Election marks an important day for America as she sets an example to many women and minorities across the country.
Harris is set to be America’s first woman Vice-President, the first African-American, and Asian-American VP.
Dylan Hall, Vice-President of College Democrats at the University of Central Florida, said, “I think that she can relate to a lot of people in regards to the immigrant experience, and the experiences of being a minority woman in a country where there is another, there’s a different majority.”
Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence
She also has quite opposing views in comparison to the current Vice President, Mike Pence.
According to CNN, during the 2010 Value Voter Summit, Pence said, “I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.”
Pence has a history of pro-life support, and said he is, “very happy to be part of pro-life administration,” and he is upset by, “the Democratic Party in our country, and leaders around the country, supporting late-term abortion, even infanticide,” according to CNN.
Opposingly, Harris has made it clear that she is in support of the protection of womens reproductive rights, and has co-sponsored abortion bills such as the Womens Health Protection Act, and act aimed at, “protect[ing] a woman’s ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide reproductive health care services, including abortion services.” according to Harper’s Bazaar.
Her views continue to differ from America’s current Vice-President, but only time will tell if she will take meaningful action upon these policy changes she suggests.
A look back at America’s past Vice-Presidents
Timeline by Alex Baumgartner
America has had 48 Vice-Presidents over the past 231 years. Most of them have been white, and all of them have been men.
Kamala Harris is set to break that streak, but how will she compare to the past Vice-Presidents is yet to be discovered.
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