Supreme Court fight shows why Americans have such a hard time talking about equity for Black women

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The backlash to Biden's pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court has laid bare many Americans' difficulties talking about race, from the lack of a shared vocabulary to ignoring past de-facto rules that favored white men.

A survey showing three-quarters of Americans want President Joe Biden to give "all possible nominees" a shot at the latest Supreme Court vacancy underscores those problems, showing the country cannot see Black women as qualified professionals, political advocates and experts told USA TODAY.

"Racial equity has never been seen by this country. We don't understand what it is and we have no blueprint for it," said Nikki Lanier, CEO of Harper Slade, a firm that advises companies on racial equity, or the process of fixing broken systems rather than focusing on individuals.

And as the president readies to unveil his nominee by the end of February, Black political experts, from pollsters to legal professionals and lawmakers, say the Biden administration must be ready to defend their historic pick in an unprecedented way.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-fight-shows-why-americans-have-such-a-hard-time-talking-about-equity-for-black-women/ar-AATxgok

[Walleye]

1. That survey was just a push-poll

Like saying, do you think that all lives matter or just some? Push-poll

[heckles65]

2. Did they have a similar poll when Trump's nominees were put forward?

[Six117]

3. Exactly!

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/amy-coney-barrett-is-the-least-experienced-supreme-court-nominee-in-30-years/

"Barrett has spent virtually all of her professional life in academia. Until President Trump nominated her to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017, she had never been a judge, never worked in the government as a prosecutor, defense lawyer, solicitor general, or attorney general, or served as counsel to any legislative body—the usual professional channels that Supreme Court nominees tend to hail from. A graduate of Notre Dame law school, Barrett has almost no experience practicing law whatsoever—a hole in her resume so glaring that during her 7th Circuit confirmation hearing in 2017, Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee were dismayed that she couldn’t recall more than three cases she’d worked on during her brief two years in private practice. Nominees are asked to provide details on 10."

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[hippywife]

4. Personally, I want to see him nominate

Prof. Anita Hill. There's no reason he couldn't. There's no rules saying a SC Justice has had to have previously been a judge in a lower court.

Imagine the shit storm that would cause!