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JUDGE JACKSON’S PRACTICED POISE

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson took a long pause. Senator Ted Cruz had displayed Ibram X. Kendi’s book Antiracist Baby and asked her if she believed babies are racist. You could see her thinking about how to respond to the provocation, to show him the respect he wasn’t showing her. She then calmly said she didn’t think any child should be made to feel racist or less than.

The exchange was

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