It’s official: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, became the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee Wednesday during night three of the Democratice National Committee’s virtual convention. She joins presidential nominee Joe Biden on the ticket as the first Black woman and Asian American to ever run on a major party’s presidential ticket.

Becoming the vice presidential running mate, however, may be the easy part for Harris, say some observers who now worry she’ll be disparaged as “bossy” and subjected to the double standards and sexism women still face in politics, business and law.

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