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'You can't be what you can't see': Female politicians of color discuss what Harris' win means to them

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'You can't be what you can't see': Female politicians of color discuss what Harris' win means to them

Source: CNN

The ascension of Kamala Harris as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect is both symbolic and important to many women across the United States, and several female politicians of color expressed on CNN Sunday morning what it meant to them.

"It is a privilege in this nation to be able to see yourself reflected in the face of leadership and for both the African-American community and the Indian American community and for women of color at large," former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and Democratic organizer Stacey Abrams told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." 

Click here to read the full article published by CNN on 8 November 2020.

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The ascension of Kamala Harris as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect is both symbolic and important to many women across the United States, and several female politicians of color expressed on CNN Sunday morning what it meant to them.

"It is a privilege in this nation to be able to see yourself reflected in the face of leadership and for both the African-American community and the Indian American community and for women of color at large," former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and Democratic organizer Stacey Abrams told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." 

Click here to read the full article published by CNN on 8 November 2020.

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