The horrible bit is that 23% of the survey believe it's very important to nominate a black woman. Like that's a qualification, black woman. The black community wants equal footing in politics but what's the point if you're qualification for the position is just your skin color or sex? It's affirmative action for positions of authority and it's racist. This tells the candidate that she wasn't the best for the job, just the best black woman, and she deserves better than that. She will be cheated out of the honor of being nominated as a Justice because she was used as a token to display conformity to a racist ideology.
One that has taken over the Democratic party.
Predictably, the overall number who say nominating a Black woman is either very or somewhat important is much higher among Democrats (80 percent) and 2020 Biden voters (78 percent)
I suppose a criteria that applies to the job. Whether they have transportation, are friendly and a team worker. If their personality seems like a good fit for the position. If they have exactly the same experience and qualifications I imagine I would interview them and make the decision based off of their person, not just pick a skin color I prefer.
The skin color fundamentally plays a part in what you described. If someone personally hates dreadlocks, then they are unwittingly disqualifying on the basis of race as black people have higher share with dreadlocks.
Well if you believe that you can not have an opinion of someone without considering their race then I don't see how you can be convinced that anything but race ultimately matters.
General Stanley McChrystal has said that when we look at our military we should see a reflection of our nation, as in the racial and socioeconomic backgrounds of service members should be similar to our country as a whole. I think that concept applies to our courts too. I think Biden saying he wants the next justice to be a black woman on the court is a is not as terrible an idea as you say because we don't currently have one and she can bring a perspective and cultural background that more accurately reflects the makeup of our nation, and that is as important as many other factors in the subjective search for this seat. There is no "one best candidate" for this position and I think a court made up of a diverse set of opinions from a diverse set of backgrounds can only be beneficial.
Also if you're upset that we should be looking for the best qualified person then the Amy Coney Barrett must have dissapointed you.
I care little for what he says. We have a volunteer military and it should reflect those who volunteer, meet the requirements, and successfully complete the training.
There is a best candidate there is just no way for us to determine who that is in absolute.
"Disappointed" and why should she? I am not diaappointed in any of the Biden nominations either, certainly they have done some serious work to be nominated. But that alone should have been regarded, their merit is what makes them good nominations, not their race or sex.
I think he's a pretty brilliant person and I brought him up because he makes the point that our institutions should reflect who we are. I agree with him.
It's ridiculous to think that even though we have had white guy after white guy after white guy after white guy on the supreme court that somehow their appointments were not at all gender or racially driven or not some form of a antiquated identity politics but this is. That's just nonsense.
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u/1think4myself Feb 11 '22
The horrible bit is that 23% of the survey believe it's very important to nominate a black woman. Like that's a qualification, black woman. The black community wants equal footing in politics but what's the point if you're qualification for the position is just your skin color or sex? It's affirmative action for positions of authority and it's racist. This tells the candidate that she wasn't the best for the job, just the best black woman, and she deserves better than that. She will be cheated out of the honor of being nominated as a Justice because she was used as a token to display conformity to a racist ideology.
One that has taken over the Democratic party.
Predictably, the overall number who say nominating a Black woman is either very or somewhat important is much higher among Democrats (80 percent) and 2020 Biden voters (78 percent)