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In reply to the discussion: I'm white. Do you ever just get sick of white people? [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)because of their race, etc.
I heard the cringey argument that there are plenty of people qualified to be Supreme Court justices, and now it's a black woman's turn, as there have not been any before. (In response to right wing arguments she is getting it due to skin color).
That really undermines Justice Jackson Lee. There aren't plenty of people who qualify for that rare, top spot. She was the most qualified jurist, the best in the US not already on the Supreme Court, and she deserves that credit.
That argument says sure there are a lot of white people and black men who are just as good as she, but she gets the spot because of her skin color. Making the right wingers correct!
So the proclamations of "see how not racist I am" are invalid. If you use that argument, anyway. Who is the one saying she was not the best one for the job, just that the spot needed to be filled by a black woman? They don't even get how racist they are being.