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(SEATTLE) As a confirmation hearing continues this week in the U-S Senate, President Biden’s pick of the first black woman to serve on the U-S Supreme Court is coming closer to reality.
According to a Gallup poll released this week, 58% of Americans say Ketanji Brown Jackson should be confirmed as a new justice. It puts her in a tie for the most public support EVER for a Supreme Court nominee.
Break the numbers down further, and the judge has the support of 88% of Democrats, 55% of Independents, and 31% of Republicans.
Women of color here in Washington are among the most ardent supporters.
“It’s taken far too long for a Black woman to be seriously considered and nominated to this position. So, it definitely sends a message that diversity matters and representation matters,” says attorney Natasha Hill. She says there still isn’t a lot of representation of brown skin in court.
“For little girls across the country like myself who can see themselves now in that position, and it doesn’t feel like such an obstacle to overcome,” Hill tells our news partner KXLY.
“A lot of women of color experience feeling like you need to be overqualified, and having to do extra work just to meet expectations and minimum standards, and I think she has proven that if you put the work in she’s well respected by I want to say a wide range of perspectives,” says Judge Gloria Ochoa-Bruck, the first Latina judge elected in Spokane County.
“It’s been proven time and time again that if you do have participation and discussion in groups that come from different backgrounds have different perspectives have different experiences we get better outcomes,” Ochoa-Bruck said.
“Breaking another glass ceiling, and being a first for Black woman definitely is going to open doors across our country, and people to see women who look like her, women who look like me rightfully in those positions,” Hill added.
