“Rosa sat, so Ruby could walk, so Kamala could run” (Shirts with the image can be ordered here.) GoodTrubble says Kamala has moved the needle ahead and expanded opportunities for more people, but not because of her culture, race or gender… but because of her “concerted efforts to be a true public servant”. History shows how people of color and women have had to fight for a seat at the table.” GoodTrubble said they created it because Senator Harris is “the epitome of both the struggle of yesteryear and optimism for advancements of today and tomorrow. The image, called ‘That little girl was me’, was first posted in October but has gone viral in the past few days. “That Little Girl Was Me”, photoshopped picture by and “That little girl was me” The little six-year-old’s brave walk in November 1960, beside her mom and a US marshal (to protect her from an angry mob), advanced the civil rights movement… and was a huge step towards enabling someone like Kamala Harris – a female with multi-cultural roots – to become a Vice-President of the USA. The shadow is not of Kamala, but of young Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to attend a white primary school in southern America. The picture shows Kamala Harris striding forward confidently, with the shadow of a child on the wall behind her. But there is one in particular that is being shared worldwide… a reminder that it is the women (and girls) who came before Kamala who held the ladder for her to climb and shatter the ceiling. There has been a flood of photos, videos, memes and quotes by Kamala Harris (56) going viral on social media since the announcement that, according to projections, Joe Biden will be the next President of the USA and Kamala his vice-president.
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