Kamala Harris: Ein Porträt

In a suffragette white suit, Kamala Harris takes the stage in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 7, 2020, as the first female Vice President of the United States. Her words resonate around the world, and she herself becomes an icon. U.S. correspondent Marie-Astrid Langer provides insight into the pivotal moments in Harris's life journey, from the daughter of immigrants to the most powerful Black woman in Washington. Her mother is from India, her father from Jamaica, both having come to the land of opportunity to study, and both active in the civil rights movement, thus Kamala Harris is instilled with the fight for equality from day one. As a boundary-crosser between the harsh realities of Black communities and the leftist elites of California, she develops her political thinking, commitment, and ambition early on. With a vision of freedom, tolerance, and justice, deeply influenced by African American history, she embarks on an unparalleled rise that threatens to falter more than once against the contradictions and inequalities of a nation.