[이데일리 김미경 기자] The book is a biography of Kamala Harris (59), who wrote history as the first female vice president of the United States and the first black and Asian vice president. She reveals his political journey beyond the long-standing political practices of the United States, how the changes brought regarding by Harris were possible, and beyond her gender and race to see the next US presidency. The author, a veteran journalist who has covered politics for 40 years, provides a rich perspective on him by adding appropriate criticism that cannot be seen in the existing Harris autobiography.
The author paid attention to Harris because, in addition to his unique strength, he has written the first history of each political journey despite being a woman and a non-white. In the history of American politics, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has symbolized the narrative of a white woman who confronts a patriarchal white male-centered society.
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The book illuminates the current political situation and new trends in the United States, and asks what leadership is needed today and in the future. Harris, who was US President Joe Biden’s running mate, said in her November 2020 acceptance speech as vice president, “I am the first woman to serve as vice president, but I will not be the last.” In the release added to the Korean version, Ahn Byung-jin, a professor at Kyung Hee University’s Institute for Future Civilization, commented, “The revolution of the cheerful and lively Next Women is making the future.”
How many women are represented in the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, which makes laws? According to the ‘2023 Women’s Politics Report’ surveyed by the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women, the average percentage of women in the world in 2023 was 26.5%, and Korea (19.1%) ranked 121st out of 186 countries in the world. It is lower than the United States (29.4%), which ranks 66th, and China (24.9%), which ranks 95th, and higher than Japan (10.0%), which ranks 164th. The typical Korean politics is still a ‘college graduate, middle-aged man from Seoul’. If you are a woman struggling today in a tilted playground, this is a book worth chewing on.
