An American sign language sign name was given to Kamala Harris after she got elected as president Joe Biden’s vice president. The 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 a number of weeks. This women’s group worked collaboratively in order to create 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 has many valued traditional aspects which are essential to the Deaf community, and one of them is the “name sign.” A name sign is a sign that's only given to the individual, and it is usually made based on the individual's attributes, persona, likes and dislikes, and so on, which uniquely and precisely identify a person. It plays a major part in defining who exactly the person is and their personal identity.
Watch this video to know how to do VP Harris' name sign: