For Black girls, the possibility of Ketanji Brown Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of promise, hope and the breaking of yet another barrier.
McBride likened the moment more to a glass elevator than a glass ceiling, moving one level up, while keeping in mind the many more levels left to go.
“At that age, I didn’t see many influential Black figures who went to Ivy League or really elite schools,” Bofah said. “I like to put quotations around that because it’s very subjective, but that time period was when I started idolizing him. That's what led me to want to become a role model to other young girls who like look like me.”
Rachel McBride, an 18-year-old high school senior in Atlanta, likened the moment more to a glass elevator than a glass ceiling — moving one level up, while keeping in mind the many more levels left to go. But those who say that are failing to see how unimpeachable Jackson’s accomplishments are, McBride said, from the judge's Ivy League degree to her experience on the bench.
For Black girls, seeing someone like Jackson — the way she wears her hair, her darker complexion, having a name with African origins — fully embrace her Blackness and ascend to the top of the American judicial system is a reminder that they should not have to shrink themselves in order to succeed.Breana Fowler, a 17-year-old high school senior in Charlotte who wants to become a lawyer, said her mother used to joke that she would become the first Black woman to be a Supreme Court justice.
That's why seeing Black women in leadership who embrace their identity means so much to Morgan. She said it's like looking into a mirror and seeing herself and what's possible.“When I look at women like Stacey Abrams and Ms. Jackson, I just feel as though there’s room and there's space for me in the world and a lot of other women that look just like us,” Morgan said. Democrat Abrams is making her second run for Georgia governor in 2022.
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