The very first black women to serve as a SCOTUS justice has been confirmed!

[Hardkill]

Biden's SCOTUS nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has finally been confirmed by the US senate! After Justice Breyer retires later this year, she will undoubtedly become the very first African-American woman in all of US history to serve as a US Supreme Court justice.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmed-to-supreme-court-first-black-woman-justice.html

[hoodrow trillson]

Racists are punching the air rn ?

[trenton]

I get that these are nice landmarks to finally pass.  I am just questioning what exactly does this solve in terms of inequality.  For example, we had the first black president already, but there is still redlining, segregation, racial profiling, and the fact that black communities are disproportionately impacted by things like air pollution or COVID.

I'm happy that this woman was able to break some of these barriers, but these landmarks only give an appearance that racism is over.  For example, Prager U will say things like "we elected a black man President twice" to argue that systemic racism does not exist anymore while turning a blind eye to modern voter suppression.  

[Razard86]

5 hours ago, Hardkill said:

Biden's SCOTUS nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has finally been confirmed by the US senate! After Justice Breyer retires later this year, she will undoubtedly become the very first African-American woman in all of US history to serve as a US Supreme Court justice.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmed-to-supreme-court-first-black-woman-justice.html

Nice!!! 

[thisintegrated]

Why would anyone care about this?  Why do people care so much about race??

Actually, this isn't even about race or equality, it's about black americans (probably OP's race)????

 

If it was the first Korean or Chinese serving as "SCOTUS justice" you wouldn't give a shit. At. all.

Edited April 8, 2022 by thisintegrated

[Husseinisdoingfine]

[soos_mite_ah]

@trenton I mean, it's an indication and by product of progress but at the same time it isn't the progress itself. Still, it's worth celebrating but it's important to acknowledge that this by no means indicates that something like racism is over because it is more symbolic than anything. 

[Preety_India]

She doesn't know the definition of a woman.

[Razard86]

Just now, trenton said:

I get that these are nice landmarks to finally pass.  I am just questioning what exactly does this solve in terms of inequality.  For example, we had the first black president already, but there is still redlining, segregation, racial profiling, and the fact that black communities are disproportionately impacted by things like air pollution or COVID.

I'm happy that this woman was able to break some of these barriers, but these landmarks only give an appearance that racism is over.  For example, Prager U will say things like "we elected a black man President twice" to argue that systemic racism does not exist anymore while turning a blind eye to modern voter suppression.  

As a black man, I have stopped caring about racism. If you focus too much on it, it is all you will see within your experience.

[Preety_India]

2 minutes ago, Razard86 said:

As a black man, I have stopped caring about racism. If you focus too much on it, it is all you will see within your experience.

Yea the hammer always sees the nail. 

 

[Razard86]

26 minutes ago, Preety_India said:

Yea the hammer always sees the nail. 

 

Exactly and this hammer is weary of hitting that nail.

[mojsterr]

Next milestone: A Mexican

[soos_mite_ah]

@mojsterr already happened. It was Sonia Sotomayor 

We haven't had an Asian person in the Supreme court though