Daily News | The disrespect Ketanji Brown Jackson faced was intentional — and all-too common | Helen Ubiñas
— yet another example of how even when women are sitting at literally the same table as men, some men will still attempt to silence them.
“You have earned this spot. You are worthy,” Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told Jackson after she endured relentless attacks by disingenuous Republican senators who seemed more interested in sound bites than answers. A committee vote is now set for April 4. despite all of the tears that I shed during Jackson’s hearing, the real ugly cry came when the judge told the story of walking around Harvard University, feeling as if she didn’t belong. Another Black woman who she did not know passed by and they locked eyes.The reality is that most of us won’t ever be seen or supported on a national stage like Jackson was. Instead, we will feel supportprivate, quieter moments like the one Jackson described long before she became a Supreme Court nominee.
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