Kamala Harris: Black women in US are often overlooked

Kamala Harris, US vice president-elect, has commended black women in America for contributing to her election victory.

Harris and Joe Biden, US president- elect, emerged victorious in the 2020 US election.

On Monday, she took to her Twitter page to thank black women for being the backbone of democracy “despite being overlooked”.

“I want to speak directly to the Black women in our country. Thank you. You are too often overlooked, and yet are asked time and again to step up and be the backbone of our democracy. We could not have done this without you, ” the tweet read.

I want to speak directly to the Black women in our country. Thank you. You are too often overlooked, and yet are asked time and again to step up and be the backbone of our democracy. We could not have done this without you.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 9, 2020

Harris was the first female district attorney of San Francisco, the first female attorney general of California, the first Indian American in the US Senate, the first Indian American candidate of a major party to run for vice-president.

She has made history as the first female VP of the United States.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in his congratulatory message to Harris and President-Elect Joe Biden, said  he was sure that Harris has Nigerian DNA as her ancestors might have been slaves taken to the Caribbean from Nigeria during the colonial era.