Kamala Harris is given an American Sign Language sign name after she became president Joe Biden’s vice president. The name sign was made by a group of Black and Indian Deaf women, Smita Kothari, Ebony Gooden, Kavita Pipalia, and Candace Jones, who worked with each other for several weeks. This particular women’s group worked collaboratively to create a list of possible sign names then sent out a survey to the Deaf community in particular to collect their votes from February 1 to 5, 2021.
Deaf culture consists of several valued traditional aspects that happen to be significant to the Deaf community, and one of them is the “name sign.” A name sign is actually a sign that is specifically given to the individual, and it's usually created based on the individual's traits, persona, interests, and so on, which uniquely and precisely identify an individual. A name sign plays an important part in identifying who exactly the individual is and their personal identity.
Watch this video to know how to do VP Harris' name sign:
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