Across the state Wednesday, women of color celebrated, as they watched one of their own shatter a glass ceiling that had guarded the office of the vice presidency.
Vice President Kamala Harris is not only the first woman to occupy that position — she’s also the first Black vice president, the first vice president of South Asian descent and the first biracial vice president.
“I just think about the hope that has just risen because of this,” said Debbie Harrington, a member of Delaware State University’s board of trustees and a member of Vice President Harris’ sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Ms. Harrington said this “has been a long time coming, but it’s here, and it’s here in our lifetime. And that was extraordinary to me.”
Women of color throughout the First State are donning Chuck Taylor sneakers and pearl necklaces, signatures of Vice President Harris’.
“It’s, in a sense, to support Kamala Harris,” said Timika Gourdine, a Middletown resident and paraprofessional at Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center in Townsend.
She and her 16-year-old daughter, Zaria, both wore pearls and sneakers while watching the inauguration.
The new vice president attended Howard University, in D.C. It is one of the nation’s largest and oldest historically Black colleges or universities.
At Howard, the vice president became a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority — the first Greek organization for African American women.
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