American Sign Language Name Sign for VP Kamala Harris

An American sign language sign name was given to Kamala Harris right after she got elected as president Joe Biden’s vice president. VP Harris' name sign was made by a team of Black and Indian Deaf women, Smita Kothari, Ebony Gooden, Kavita Pipalia, and Candace Jones, who worked with one another for several weeks. This women’s group worked together to come up with a list of possible sign names and afterwards sent out a survey to the Deaf community at large to gather their votes from February 1 to 5, 2021.

Deaf culture consists of several valued traditional aspects that happen to be essential to the Deaf community, and one of them is the “name sign.” A name sign is actually a sign that's solely given to the person, and it is frequently made according to the individual's traits, character, likes and dislikes, and so on, which in turn uniquely and distinctively identify an individual. A name sign takes on an important role in defining who the person is as well as their personal identity.

Watch this video to know how to do VP Harris' name sign:

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