(ANSA) - ROME, 15 JAN - 'Our truths' is called (pp 384, euro 20) the autobiography of the first vice president of the United States Kamala Harris which arrives in Italian bookstores on January 28 for La nave di Teseo, in the translation by Giovanni Agnoloni .
"My name is pronounced 'comma-la'. It means 'dilot flower' which is an important symbol in Indian culture. The lotus grows under water, and its flower emerges from the surface when the roots are firmly planted in the river bed," he says. Harris.
Daughter of two immigrant civil rights activists in America, raised in Oakland, California, in a very social justice-conscious reality, Harris has always cared for those who never received attention.
In the book, the vice president of the United States - who as California's attorney general has prosecuted international criminal groups, large banks, oil companies and private universities and opposed direct attacks against Obamacare, President Obama's health care reform - faces the challenges of our time. drawing on the teachings and insights gained during his career and tells his vision: a daily commitment based on the defense of shared goals and values.
Harris fought to reduce absenteeism in elementary schools, paved the way for the first nationwide disclosure of racial disparities in the criminal justice system, introduced bias training courses for police officers.
She was the second black woman to be elected to the US Senate and the first woman, the first Indo-American to be named vice president.
He worked to reform the U.S. criminal justice system, raise minimum wages, make higher education free for most Americans, and protect the rights of refugees and immigrants.
His autobiography is a book to look at the truths that unite us, and learn to defend them.
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