WE ALL WITNESSED HISTORY
YESTERDAY.
FOR SOME PEOPLE, THE MOMENT FELT
EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL.
FOR THE FIRST TIME GIRLS WATCHED
AS NOT JUST A WOMAN BUT A WOMAN
OF COLOR ASCENDED TO ONE OF THE
HIGHEST POSITIONS IN THE LAND.
IT WAS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT
REPRESENTATION MATTERS.
AND IT WAS NOT LOST ON THOSE
WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: AS MILLIONS AROUND
THE WORLD WATCHED KAMALA HARRIS
TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE, THERE
WERE AL PLENTY OF SCENES LIKE
THIS ONE.
>> KAMALA.
>> Reporter: GIRLS, WOMEN AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR WATCHING THE
MOMENT WITH A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE.
FOUR-YEAR-OLD JOLIE CAPTURED
HEARTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN HER
MOM POSTED THIS VIDEO BACK IN
NOVEMBER.
>> SHE’S GOING TO BE THE VERY
FIRST WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT.
SO, LIKE, THE BOSS OF ALL --
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE ME.
>> YEAH.
THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
>> Reporter: IT WAS A SHORT
CLIP, BUT LONG ENOUGH TO SHOW
EVERYONE THAT REPRESENTATION
MATTERS.
>> TELL ME WHO YOU’RE HOLDING
AND WHY YOU LIKE THEM.
>> KAMALA AND JOE BIDEN, AND HE
GOES -- AND KAMALA LOOKS LIKE
ME.
>> SHE DOESN’T KNOW DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN.
SHE LIVES IN A WORLD OF DANIEL
TIGER.
FOR HER, IT WAS SEEING A REAL
PERSON WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE
NEXT VICE PRESIDENT THAT LOOKS
LIKE HER.
>> Reporter: AND LITTLE JOLIE
ISN’T THE ONLY ONE.
KIDS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE NOW
WRITING LETTERS TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
ALL FILLED WITH HOPE.
>> DEAR KAMALA.
>> DEAR KAMALA HARRIS.
>> DEAR MISS HARRIS.
>> Reporter: EVEN MY OWN
DAUGHTER WROTE A LETTER IN
CLASS.
>> DEAR MR. PRESIDENT AND MISS
VICE PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU’RE
GOING TO MAKE THIS WORLD UNITE
AND MAKE THIS WORLD FULL OF
POWER.
>> Reporter: ALL OVER SOCIAL
MEDIA THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
WHO SEE HER AND SEE THEMSELVES.
>> KAMALA.
>> Reporter: THE #CHUCKS
THE #CHUCKSANDPEARLS ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
>> I HOPE I CAN BE EXACTLY LIKE
HER.
>> Reporter: THE MOMENT
IMPACTING GIRLS LIKE LAUREN FROM
TENNESSEE.
>> THE FIRST TIME SHE SAW HER
SHE SCREAMED SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE
ME.
>> Reporter: WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT?
>> WE WANT HER TO KNOW THAT SHE
CAN DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.
IT’S KIND OF HARD TO SAY THAT
WHEN THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYONE
TO BE IN THESE ROLES.
>> Reporter: LAUREN, TELL ME,
WHY DO YOU LIKE VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER THAT YOU
LIKE?
>> I LIKED HER, BECAUSE SHE’S SO
BRAVE AND STRONG.
>> Reporter: THE NEW VICE
PRESIDENT IN A TWITTER VIDEO
CREDITING HER STRENGTH TO HER
MOTHER AND THE WOMEN WHO CAME
BEFORE HER.
>> WHEN SHE CAME HERE FROM INDIA
AT THE AGE OF 19, SHE MAYBE
DIDN’T QUITE IMAGINE THIS
MOMENT, BUT SHE BELIEVED SO
DEEPLY IN AN AMERICA WHERE A
MOMENT LIKE THIS IS POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: IF VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS COULD HEAR YOU OR
YOU COULD MEET HER, WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY TO HER?
>> I WOULD SAY COULD I GIVE YOU
A BIG HUG?
>> THAT LITTLE ONE HAS HER AS
HER SCREEN SAVER.
AND YOU KNOW, THE MOMS AND THE
DADS THAT I TALKED WITH, YOU
KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY SAY KIDS
SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS.
WHEN JOLIE SAID SHE LOOKS LIKE
ME, HER MOM DID A DOUBLE TAKE.
IT WASN’T PLANNED.
HOW QUICKLY THE LITTLE ONE NOTED
IT.
>> YOU SAID IT.
REPRESENTATION MATTERS.
>> IT DOES.
>> AND SEWS A LITTLE SEED.
THAT’S THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION.
>> IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE A
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN
RECOGNIZE THIS IS A TRAIL BLAZE
BLAZING MOMENT IN TIME.
>> MORE HISTORY WAS MADE
YESTERDAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE’S ALWAYS THIS
TALK ABOUT AN EAST COAST BIAS.
KAMALA HARRIS, FIRST VICE
PRESIDENT FROM THE WEST COAST IN
MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
>> GOOD POINT.