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VP-elect Kamala Harris’ comments about Black women being ‘too often overlooked’ warmed my heart | Jenice Armstrong

As an African American woman, I felt seen in a way that I usually don’t. I also felt appreciated. I felt understood.

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, right, takes a picture of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as she poses with Egypt Otis and her 9-year-old daughter Eva Allen on Sept. 22, 2020 in front of their Flint, Mich., bookstore, the Comma Bookstore & Social Hub. For countless women and girls, Harris' achievement of reaching the second-highest office in the country represents hope, validation and the shattering of a proverbial glass ceiling that has kept mostly white men perched at the top tiers of American government.
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, right, takes a picture of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as she poses with Egypt Otis and her 9-year-old daughter Eva Allen on Sept. 22, 2020 in front of their Flint, Mich., bookstore, the Comma Bookstore & Social Hub. For countless women and girls, Harris' achievement of reaching the second-highest office in the country represents hope, validation and the shattering of a proverbial glass ceiling that has kept mostly white men perched at the top tiers of American government.Read moreKatrease Stafford / AP