Itsumsupthefactthatsomanyyounggirlsaregoingtobeabletoseethemselvesinthatpositiontofrom a youngagecommonHarrisbeingelectedasVPtodaywouldmeanthatweblackbrownfemalecommunitiesarebeingrepresented.
Itgivesus a seatatthetable.
Itgivesus a voice, a voicethatwillbeheardforthedisenfranchised.
Italsorepresentsanhistoricalfirst.
Mygrandparent's actuallygrewupintheJimCrowSouth.
Thatgroup, in a towncalledBrunswick, Georgia, andBrunswick, Georgia, was a very, verysegregatedtownatthetime.
Therewas a coloredfountainsthatweresomuchlowerinqualitythanthewhitefountains.
Mygrandparent's lived a extremelyunfairexistence, andtherewasnobodywhocouldtrulyspeaktotheexperiencesthattheyfaced.
That's whyit's justsoamazingtoseeCameronHarriselectedintooffice a womanfromanHBCUHowardUniversity, mygrandmother's almamater, having a seatatthattable, a seatformerlyheldbyoldwhitemen.
I cannotvote, butSenatorHarristhingintheofficeistheleast I canexpectoffmyexperienceandboysbeingheardandrepresentedinthiscountry, which I hopetogohomeinthefuture.
Shegivesmehopeforthefutureandmakesmewant a dreambig.