Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C., Circuit in 2021, was nominated district court judge for the U.S. She was confirmed with bipartisan support to the U.S. Jackson was a longtime federal public defender representing defendants who did not have the means to pay for a lawyer.

It’s time for us to start telling the truth to each other. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play politics, especially during these fragile times, is that this is a step in the right direction for those of us who want to see our country do well. Jackson is the most qualified candidate of any racial profile-if race is your main measure-and what this means in U.S. What the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson means for the Black community is that there is one less lie to contend with. It looks like she’s competitive and more experienced than other candidates, but (I can’t trust my lying eyes) is she qualified?” As if there is no way one of us could one day be throwing our hat in the ring for the role of, I don’t know, vice president, or U.S. When we apply for jobs, the discussions in boardrooms-where our resumes are put on trial-and in public discourse, is usually, “Wow! That’s impressive. Even the most proven and educated of us have routinely had our hard-earned credentials set aside as untrustworthy. For jobs, as spouses, executives, leaders… unless one of us is some version of a no-nonsense, neck rolling “troublemaker,” fixing someone else’s problem. In the story of us, of America, Black women have often been cast as inherently unqualified.

The Perishing by Natashia Deón