The wrong reasons

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A friend put this so well.

"Wouldn’t it be nice to be honoring the newly selected and qualified Supreme Court Justice who happened to be a black woman? Instead we have cheated her that great honor because she was initially selected on qualities that she had no control over and didn’t work hard to earn. I am sure intentions were good, but a disservice has been done to the honorable Judge Jackson. I have confidence she will rise above the racist selection. She is a better person by far."

It was also incredibly well said by someone else.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.

I do not know if the newest member of SCOTUS is the most qualified person to hold that job. I do believe appointing anyone to any job based strictly on things outside their control is wrong.

Those who demand an end to race-based decisions and also applaud this choice mystify me.