This was fantastic, thank you. The surgeon analogy is spot on. I truly believe that most people are not the least bit concerned or upset or whatever about a black woman being a SCOTUS justice, but are very, very uneasy that the search for candidates starts with looking at their gender and skin color. Wasn't that the whole point of Dr. King's quest?
It's also incredibly unfair to the candidates themselves. It looks like Ketanji Jackson will be the nominee, and she'll likely be confirmed, and I hope she does a great job. But her term will forever be overshadowed by the fact that she got the job because she's a black woman. That's a horrible thing to say, but Biden publicly and literally made those the #1 job requirements.
This was fantastic, thank you. The surgeon analogy is spot on. I truly believe that most people are not the least bit concerned or upset or whatever about a black woman being a SCOTUS justice, but are very, very uneasy that the search for candidates starts with looking at their gender and skin color. Wasn't that the whole point of Dr. King's quest?
It's also incredibly unfair to the candidates themselves. It looks like Ketanji Jackson will be the nominee, and she'll likely be confirmed, and I hope she does a great job. But her term will forever be overshadowed by the fact that she got the job because she's a black woman. That's a horrible thing to say, but Biden publicly and literally made those the #1 job requirements.