History.  Kamala Harris became the first Black woman and the first Asian-American woman to be on a major party’s presidential ticket, writes New York Times.  Harris accepted the nomination in Wilmington, Delaware in a hall lightly filled with socially-distanced reporters as the only witnesses.

Harris spoke of her childhood in California being raised by immigrant parents. Of her late mother, she said she “could have never imagined that I would be standing before you now and speaking these words. I accept your nomination for vice president of the United States of America.”

Politico writes Harris also spoke of “structural racism” had compounded the coronavirus’s consequences for communities of color across America.

“This virus has no eyes, and yet it knows exactly how we see each other — and how we treat each other,” the California senator said in her keynote speech.

“And let’s be clear — there is no vaccine for racism. We’ve gotta do the work.”

The Washington Post adds: “She offered a vision of America “where all are welcome, no matter what we look like, no matter where we come from or who we love, a country where we may not agree on every detail, but we are united by the fundamental belief that every human being is of infinite worth deserving of compassion, dignity and respect.”