Shout out to all single parents, or as my good friend Clay Muganda says, unmarried parents. Whatever you choose to label parents who raise their kids on their own, you have to admit that they are very good at it. Just look at Kamala ‘Khamala Wefwe’ Harris. The first woman and person of colour to become an American vice-president.
Her track record prior to running with Joe Biden may be a bit problematic, but who’s isn’t? The point is that she is just one sneeze away from the most visible presidency in the world. She’s a woman and a half, and as is very often the case, one who stood on the shoulders of other great women, the greatest of whom was her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. Kamala mentioned her many times on the campaign trail, but this statement stood out for me: