{"id":5874,"date":"2022-03-25T11:44:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:58:45","slug":"tdm-talks-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/tdm-talks-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"TDM Talks: The Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to this article<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"A statement by The Diversity Movement This week, in the midst of Women\u2019s History Month, the U.S. Senate conducted confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman and the first public defender to sit on the Supreme Court. Regardless, she is the first Black woman to be nominated for the position in the court\u2019s 233-year history, which includes 120 Chief and Associate Justices. Yet Black women have comprised around 10% or more of the U.S. population since 1789, when the Supreme Court was founded.\u00a0 The Diversity Movement applauds the nomination and looks forward to Jackson\u2019s confirmation as Supreme Court Justice. This historic moment is all the more significant \u2013 beyond Judge Jackson\u2019s resume and character \u2013 because of her experiences as a Black woman.\u00a0 Instead of evaluating Judge Jackson\u2019s qualifications to determine if she is the most qualified person \u201cregardless of her race and gender\u201d \u2013 as so many news outlets have reported this week \u2013 we argue that her demographic background amplifies her capabilities, bringing diversity of perspective and experience to the Supreme Court. Representation in the Court Like many of the nation\u2019s oldest institutions, the U.S. Supreme Court has a demographic history that skews mostly White, mostly male, mostly Christian, mostly married, mostly affluent, mostly aged 45-65, and mostly people who attended Ivy League schools, including Harvard, Columbia, and Yale. Those who become Supreme Court Justices also tend to graduate at or near the top of their class.\u00a0 If confirmed, Kentanji Brown Jackson will be the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice. Others who broke invisible barriers before her include Justice Louis Brandeis who became the first Jewish Associate Justice in 1916; Justice Thurgood Marshall, who\u00a0 became the first African American Associate Justice in 1967; Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, who became the first woman Associate Justice in 1981; and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who became the first Hispanic Associate Justice in 2009. At present, Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the only justice who did not attend an Ivy League law school.\u00a0 Is She Qualified? In many ways, Judge Jackson fits the demographic parameters of those who came before her as Supreme Court Justices. She is a Christian. She is married. She is 51 years old. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, then attended Harvard Law School, where she graduated cum laude and was an editor of the Harvard Law Review (HLR). Other Supreme Court Justices who have served as HLR editors include Felix Frankfurter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, John G. Roberts Jr., Antonin Scalia, Edward Sanford, and the Supreme Court Justice that Ketanji Brown Jackson would be replacing: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. President Barack Obama was another prominent former HLR editor.\u00a0 Yet Judge Jackson also brings a number of less-common experiences to the court, having served as public defender, a district court judge, and on a sentencing commission. She went to public high school, and also of course, she is a Black woman \u2013 a demographic community completely unrepresented by past and present Supreme Court Justices.\u00a0 Culture Fit v. Culture Add As a best practice of inclusive hiring, our team at The Diversity Movement frequently urges hiring professionals at our client organizations to look for people who make \u201cgood cultural additions,\u201d not just a good cultural fit. By doing so, you increase your team\u2019s diversity of perspective, which leads to improved decision-making, problem-solving, productivity, and outcomes. As legal scholar Stephen Vladeck explains in the Washington Post, \u201c\u2018Ketanji Brown Jackson brings more experience as a judge than four of the current justices did combined at the time they joined the court.\u2019 The most important question, according to Vladeck, is \u2018how much the nominee rounds out the court and adds perspectives to the court that are not adequately represented or represented at all.\u2019\u201d Still, as any hiring manager will tell you, a candidate\u2019s impressive resume is not the only important piece when determining whether they\u2019re qualified for the job. Character traits are important too. Does Ketanji Brown Jackson demonstrate the requisite judicial poise, professionalism, perseverance, and focus on facts? Perhaps that\u2019s what her Senate confirmation hearings have tested, as Judge Jackson has consistently remained calm and focused throughout, despite what some are calling racist and sexist questioning. Persevere and Do Not Be Distracted. In one memorable story from her confirmation hearing, Judge Jackson recalled advice from a stranger that helped to shape her course. \u201cI\u2019m from Miami, Florida,\u201d she said. \u201cBoston is very cold. It was \u2014 it was rough. It was different from anything I\u2019d known. There were lots of students who were prep school kids, like my husband, who knew all about Harvard. And that was not me. And I think the first semester I was really homesick. I was really questioning, \u2018Do I belong here? Can I make it in this environment?\u2019 And I was walking through the yard in the evening and a Black woman I did not know was passing me on the sidewalk,\u201d Jackson continued. \u201cAnd she looked at me. And I guess she knew how I was feeling, and she leaned over as we crossed and said, \u2018Persevere.\u2019\u201d That one word, says Jackson, is now her core advice to marginalized and underrepresented professionals across the country. As Toni Morrison writes, \u201cthe very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn\u2019t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.\u201d SCOTUS Is Not Unique Within Judge Jackson\u2019s nomination and confirmation hearings, there is a lesson for organizational leadership. Finding the best candidate for any job requires an intentionally inclusive recruiting, hiring, and evaluation process in order to mitigate unconscious bias and address the hidden, inherited, and systemic biases within our existing processes and systems. When organizations invest in inclusive hiring practices, they see better outcomes, inarguably \u2013 whether those organizations are first-year start-ups, Fortune 500 corporations, membership-based associations, or the Supreme Court of the United States.\u00a0\u00a0 To learn more, watch our on-demand webinar, \u201cHow to Lead an Inclusive Interview Process\u201d and join our DEI Navigator subscription service to receive the member-exclusive \u201cBest Practices for Inclusive Hiring\u201d guide.\u00a0 Connect with our team to get started.\u00a0\", \"US English Male\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n     <\/br><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A statement by The Diversity Movement<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, in the midst of Women\u2019s History Month, the U.S. Senate conducted confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman and the first public defender to sit on the Supreme Court. Regardless, she is the first Black woman to be nominated for the position in the court\u2019s 233-year history, which includes 120 Chief and Associate Justices. Yet Black women have comprised around 10% or more of the U.S. population since 1789, when the Supreme Court was founded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Diversity Movement applauds the nomination and looks forward to Jackson\u2019s confirmation as Supreme Court Justice. This historic moment is all the more significant \u2013 beyond Judge Jackson\u2019s resume and character \u2013 because of her experiences as a Black woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of evaluating Judge Jackson\u2019s qualifications to determine if she is the most qualified person \u201cregardless of her race and gender\u201d \u2013 as so many news outlets have reported this week \u2013 we argue that her demographic background amplifies her capabilities, bringing diversity of perspective and experience to the Supreme Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Representation in the Court<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many of the nation\u2019s oldest institutions, the U.S. Supreme Court has a demographic history that skews mostly White, mostly male, mostly Christian, mostly married, mostly affluent, mostly aged 45-65, and mostly people who attended Ivy League schools, including Harvard, Columbia, and Yale. Those who become Supreme Court Justices also tend to graduate at or near the top of their class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If confirmed, Kentanji Brown Jackson will be the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice. Others who broke invisible barriers before her include Justice Louis Brandeis who became the first Jewish Associate Justice in 1916; Justice Thurgood Marshall, who\u00a0 became the first African American Associate Justice in 1967; Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, who became the first woman Associate Justice in 1981; and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who became the first Hispanic Associate Justice in 2009. At present, Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the only justice who did not attend an Ivy League law school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8878 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C-1024x341.png\" alt=\"TDM Library: your one-stop-shop for update, expert DEI Resources. Explore the platform with a free trial. 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She is a Christian. She is married. She is 51 years old. She graduated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">magna cum laude<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Harvard University, then attended Harvard Law School, where she graduated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cum laude<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was an editor of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard Law Review (HLR). <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other Supreme Court Justices who have served as HLR editors include Felix Frankfurter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, John G. Roberts Jr., Antonin Scalia, Edward Sanford, and the Supreme Court Justice that Ketanji Brown Jackson would be replacing: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. President Barack Obama was another prominent former HLR editor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet Judge Jackson also brings a number of less-common experiences to the court, having served as public defender, a district court judge, and on a sentencing commission. She went to public high school, and also of course, she is a Black woman \u2013 a demographic community completely unrepresented by past and present Supreme Court Justices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Culture Fit v. Culture Add<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a best practice of inclusive hiring, our team at The Diversity Movement frequently urges hiring professionals at our client organizations to look for people who make \u201cgood cultural additions,\u201d not just a good cultural fit. By doing so, you increase your team\u2019s diversity of perspective, which leads to improved decision-making, problem-solving, productivity, and outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As legal scholar Stephen Vladeck explains in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201c\u2018Ketanji Brown Jackson brings more experience as a judge than four of the current justices did combined at the time they joined the court.\u2019 The most important question, according to Vladeck, is \u2018how much the nominee rounds out the court and adds perspectives to the court that are not adequately represented<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or represented at all.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, as any hiring manager will tell you, a candidate\u2019s impressive resume is not the only important piece when determining whether they\u2019re qualified for the job. Character traits are important too. Does Ketanji Brown Jackson demonstrate the requisite judicial poise, professionalism, perseverance, and focus on facts? Perhaps that\u2019s what her Senate confirmation hearings have tested, as Judge Jackson has consistently remained calm and focused throughout, despite what some are calling racist and sexist questioning.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Persevere and Do Not Be Distracted.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In one memorable story from her confirmation hearing, Judge Jackson recalled advice from a stranger that helped to shape her course. \u201cI\u2019m from Miami, Florida,\u201d she said. \u201cBoston is very cold. It was \u2014 it was rough. It was different from anything I\u2019d known. There were lots of students who were prep school kids, like my husband, who knew all about Harvard. And that was not me. And I think the first semester I was really homesick. I was really questioning, \u2018Do I belong here? Can I make it in this environment?\u2019 And I was walking through the yard in the evening and a Black woman I did not know was passing me on the sidewalk,\u201d Jackson continued. \u201cAnd she looked at me. And I guess she knew how I was feeling, and she leaned over as we crossed and said, \u2018Persevere.\u2019\u201d That one word, says Jackson, is now her core advice to marginalized and underrepresented professionals across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Toni Morrison writes, \u201cthe very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn\u2019t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>SCOTUS Is Not Unique<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within Judge Jackson\u2019s nomination and confirmation hearings, there is a lesson for organizational leadership. Finding the best candidate for any job requires an intentionally inclusive recruiting, hiring, and evaluation process in order to mitigate unconscious bias and address the hidden, inherited, and systemic biases within our existing processes and systems. When organizations invest in inclusive hiring practices, they see better outcomes, inarguably \u2013 whether those organizations are first-year start-ups, Fortune 500 corporations, membership-based associations, or the Supreme Court of the United States.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more, watch our on-demand webinar, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/landing.thediversitymovement.com\/inclusive-interviews-workshop\/?_ga=2.67710417.1981045647.1648205708-1343770644.1648205708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Lead an Inclusive Interview Process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and join our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/dei-navigator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DEI Navigator subscription service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to receive the member-exclusive \u201cBest Practices for Inclusive Hiring\u201d guide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect with our team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get started.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8045 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDM-Library-Footer-Ad-C-1024x85.png\" alt=\"Display ad for TDM Library. 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