The Federalist Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was explicitly nominated to the nation’s highest court at least in part because of her sex and skin color, is a proud proponent of the systemic racism that propelled her to nomination in the form of critical race theory. In fact, its concepts admittedly influence her decision-making.
During a lecture at the University of Michigan Law School two years ago, Jackson highlighted the work of Professor Derrick Bell, who has been called “The Godfather of Critical Race Theory” and whose 1992 book “Faces At the Bottom of the Well” rested on her parents’ coffee table “for many years.”
“I remember staring at the image on the cover when I was growing up,” Jackson said. “I found it difficult to reconcile the image of the person, who seemed to be smiling, with the depressing message that the title and subtitle conveyed.”…
